Ended Official BYC Contest—Post Your Best (Worst) Chicken Molt Pictures - 2023

[TwoCrows]

Rachel my Black Sumatra.
looking more like a buzzard if you ask me
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Beautiful bird, I bet she's a knock out when she's done molting! ❤ Thanks for entering!

 

[Ineke9909]

My poor Ameraucauna

 

[TwoCrows]

My poor Ameraucauna
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She looks pretty rough, poor girl. ❤ Thanks for entering!

 

[HorseGirlAbby]

I’ve been amassing photos of this little girl for a few days now, and I swear she gets worse every time. This is Cleo, my Easter Egger hen, and her first molt. On the plus side, she’s been a lot more cuddly than usual, because she’s so cold.

Holly, my winner last year, is gearing up to have another harsh molt…

 

[TwoCrows]

I’ve been amassing photos of this little girl for a few days now, and I swear she gets worse every time. This is Cleo, my Easter Egger hen, and her first molt. On the plus side, she’s been a lot more cuddly than usual, because she’s so cold.
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Holly, my winner last year, is gearing up to have another harsh molt…

Oooh, she's looking a bit rough, hopefully she isn't too chilly! Thanks for entering!

 

[HorseGirlAbby]

Oooh, she's looking a bit rough, hopefully she isn't too chilly! Thanks for entering!

She’s not too cold, don’t worry. This is her cuddling with me.

 

[TwoCrows]

She’s not too cold, don’t worry. This is her cuddling with me.
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Aww....what a sweetheart she is.

 

[gimmie birdies]

Fancy Nancy is getting her feathers back! Thank goodness, it has gotten to freezing at night. I just put up a blanket over the door to keep in heat, they also have a light in their coop, not for heat, just to lay. LED don't have heat.

 

[TwoCrows]

Fancy Nancy is getting her feathers back! Thank goodness, it has gotten to freezing at night. I just put up a blanket over the door to keep in heat, they also have a light in their coop, not for heat, just to lay. LED don't have heat.

I was thinking about Nancy today, glad she is growing in her feathers, hard molters can get cold!

 

[anniegal]

Hedwig sporting one, maybe two neck feathers and lacking a tail, but look at those fabulous boots

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Omg this thread - particularly this pic - is making me feel so much better! Our GLW hen just recently lost her entire tail EXACTLY like this and it's been worrying me SO MUCH b/c I keep reading that molting starts at the head/neck and proceeds toward the tail ... So of course I've been convinced there's something drastically wrong with her. (Because I'm a complete NOOB.) Loving seeing what a molt can look like - thank you all for sharing!!