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Official BYC Article Writing Contest - #19
Contest End Date: June 22nd, 2023, at 11:59 pm Pacific Time​

Short Version:
Write a great article and you could win a great prize & have your article featured on the homepage of BYC!

Detailed Version:
We are constantly amazed at how knowledgeable and helpful our community members are! The BYC forum provides a wonderful opportunity for members to post questions and reply with answers. Unfortunately, a lot of really amazing information can get lost in the super activity on the forum.

Over the years we’ve received a ton of requests to add more articles & FAQs to our Learning Center. Our BYC Coop Page Contests have been super successful and now we have over 3000 chicken coop articles in our Chicken Coops section! Hopefully, we can have similar success with this BYC Article Contest!!

This contest is not for coop articles. If you have a coop article, please enter the coop article contest here.

Suggested reading:

The Process:
  1. You write an article.
  2. Entries accepted until June 22nd, 2023, at 11:59 pm Pacific Time
  3. Judging starts on June 23rd, 2023
  4. Judging ends July 2nd, 2023
  5. Winners are announced on July 3rd, 2023
Prizes if we get 20 or more entries:
PlacePrize
FirstA $100 Brinsea Gift Certificate, or a $120 BYC Store Gift Certificate, or two 12-month PFMs ($120 value) for themselves or a friend
SecondA $50 Brinsea Gift Certificate, or a $50 BYC Store Gift Certificate, or a 12-month PFM ($60 value) for themselves or a friend
Third$30 BYC Store Gift Certificate or a 6-month PFM ($35 value) for themselves or a friend.
Fourth$15 BYC Store Gift Certificate or a 3-month PFM ($20 value) for themselves or a friend.
Fifth$15 BYC Store Gift Certificate or a 3-month PFM ($20 value) for themselves or a friend.

How To Enter:
  1. Pick a poultry-related topic. We suggest writing an article that is not already covered in our Learning Center, but is a topic that would be a good addition to one of the sections in the Learning Center.
  2. See here for article/member page/coop page writing tutorial.
  3. Create a well-worded & detailed title. Example: “How To Raise & Process Chickens for Meat - Tips & Pictures” is much better than: “Meat Chickens”
  4. Write a unique high-quality article with around 750 words (more is fine as long as it is good/helpful info). It must have at least one picture relative to the subject. Bonus points if you add more pictures.
  5. Post a reply to this thread with a link to your completed article(s) - A maximum of Two article submissions per member will be allowed.
Rules:
  1. All articles must be written by you and must be unique (do not copy from other sources).
  2. Absolutely NO COPYRIGHTED content allowed!
  3. Only original pictures, taken by you, or someone you know (with their permission) may be used. No screenshots from the web, books, or magazines are allowed.
  4. All drawings and/or illustrations must be created by you. No screenshots from the web, books, or magazines are allowed.
  5. ALL pictures MUST be uploaded to BYC and not hosted on other image sites, personal websites, etc.
  6. Sorry, articles and pages submitted to our previous contests will not count for this contest.
  7. All articles must contain accurate information, must be a minimum of 500 words (shoot for 750+), and should contain pictures relative to the subject matter.
  8. Please spell-check and grammar-check your article(s).
  9. BYC retains full license of articles submitted.
  10. ALL pictures MUST be uploaded to BYC and not hosted on other image sites, personal websites, etc.
  11. For bonus points, try to include at least one link at the end of your article to another related BYC article, thread, or post.
  12. All BYC rules apply: Terms of Service (Rules).
  13. Entries accepted through June 22nd, 2023, at 11:59 pm Pacific Time

Here are some great examples of existing BYC articles:

Here are some article ideas to get you started:
  • Raising and Processing Ducks for Meat
  • How to Use Permethrin Spray and Dust on Birds and Coops
  • Blackhead Disease in Turkeys
  • When Can Chicks Go Outside?

Past Article Writing Contests:
We look forward to your submissions!!
(Wait, you’re not the writing type? If you have an idea for an article that you’d like to see someone write, please reply to this thread with an idea for a title and a quick description of what you’d like to see contained in the article.)
 


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Now, for the moment you've all been waiting for! The judges have finished judging, and we have our winners!
@Perris, @nuthatched, @RoostersAreAwesome, @Allsfairinloveandbugs, & @notabitail​

First Place - @Perris
Wholesome home-made chicken feed, without sweat, tears, a calculator, or deep pockets.

Wholesome home-made chicken feed, without sweat, tears, a calculator, or deep pockets.

Introduction This article is written in response to several requests to write up how I make my own chicken feed for my flock of heritage and rare breed chickens. I started keeping chickens in 2017, and initially fed them entirely on commercial feed. My aim is to have happy, healthy birds; it is...

Second Place - @nuthatched
Trouble in Parasites: Natural Wormers

Trouble in Parasites: Natural Wormers

Introduction Having a healthy flock is a priority of poultry owners everywhere, whether the birds are pets, livestock, or somewhere in between; we all want happy and robust birds. There's no one-size-fits-all method of chicken keeping but basic rules that can be customized to your particular...

Third Place - @RoostersAreAwesome
Caring for Pigeons in an Aviary or Indoors

Caring for Pigeons in an Aviary or Indoors

Pigeons make great pets, something that is unknown to many people, even those who keep chickens and other types of birds! In this article I will go over the basics of caring for pigeons outdoors in an aviary or indoors in the home. Pigeons aren’t for everyone, but you may find at the end of this...

Fourth Place - @Allsfairinloveandbugs
How To Teach Your Puppy To Be Trustworthy Around Your Poultry

How To Teach Your Puppy To Be Trustworthy Around Your Poultry

Many people who have poultry will eventually bring home an adorable new puppy. Puppies entertain us with their cute and playful antics, steal our hearts and become treasured members of our families. But as a puppy grows, those playful behaviors can transition to include chasing and killing our...

Fifth Place - @notabitail
The Easy Way to Raise Mealworms.

The Easy Way to Raise Mealworms.

I have been raising mealworms for around six months now. In this article I will show you how to raise the worms easily and without making all the mistakes I made. To get started with mealworms, you will need to have a ten gallon fish tank, wheat bran, a empty cardboard egg carton, carrots, and...

@Perris, @nuthatched, @RoostersAreAwesome, @Allsfairinloveandbugs, & @notabitail, I will be sending you instructions on how to claim your prizes momentarily!​


Come check out the new contest!
Official BYC Article Writing Contest - #20

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A HUGE THANK YOU to all who participated, this wouldn't have been possible without all of your entries!!!! :bow :clap Great job, everyone, this was so much fun!! :wee

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~ Shout out to all of the judges that took the time to read all of the articles. I know it was incredibly difficult to judge, and I appreciate all of you! ~


And THANK YOU to our BYC Sponsors (click to view & support them)​
 
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This contest is now closed!
Thank you so much to everyone that participated! Judging will begin today, and we will announce the winners here soon. So stay tuned and good luck to the contestants!!

Be sure to check out the new contest!
Official BYC Article Writing Contest - #20​
 
Congratulations @Perris @nuthatched @RoostersAreAwesome (ahem, me🙃) @notabitail . I thought the depth of information, knowledge and quality of writing in many of the submitted articles was incredible, as evidenced by the number of 5 and 4 star-articles that didn't place. It was obvious to me that many put considerable time and effort into writing their articles (and taking relevant pictures). You should all be very proud of your body of work, and the fact you have helped contribute to knowledge in the BYC learning center. I hope to see your submissions in future writing contests, and look forward to reading your articles!

Also, thank you to the judges for taking the time to read and rank all the submitted contest articles!
 

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