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

[TwoCrows]

She does all day long! I often wonder what she's chattering about and what the other ladies think of her. They don't seemed bothered by her thankfully.
Maybe she's singing???

I do believe they talk because they are happy! I had a pair, two sisters that hung out together all their lives, they talked constantly ALL day long. I'm not sure what they were talking about other than coop gossip? They are gone now, I REALLY miss their chatter.

 

[angry penguin]

Susan the blue laced red Wyandotte from a few weeks ago, she looks a bit better now

 

[fishnet1971]

My girl David

 

[MommyGirl]

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What a cutie!

 

[CCsGarden]

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Amazing photography!!!

 

[TwoCrows]

This contest has now ended. Our esteemed panel of judges will be hard at work to bring you the winners as soon as possible! I will post the winners here in this thread. Good luck to all those chilly molting birds!

 

[TwoCrows]

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Here's the same hen today, she's all filled in and ready for the -20c forecasted next week.

Wow, she is gorgeous after her molt! Thanks for sharing her! (I combined your posts here.)

 

[TwoCrows]

@ComediHen While trying to restore your post from being combined, it has slipped through the BYC cracks and is gone. I downloaded your photos from this morning of your gorgeous gal....

Credit @ComediHen photos...

 

[TwoCrows]

The judges have finished judging, and we have our winners!
@guess_what, @coach723, @fowltemptress, & @MT813​

First Place - @guess_what

Bertie's look for Halloween is scaring the silkies!

Second Place - @coach723

Most of mine have done soft molts so far, this is my worst so far this year.
She manages to look pretty offended.

Third Place - @fowltemptress

Cinder, my Easter Egger.

Story time! Once upon a time, my mother called me up in a panic, asking me if her chicken was going to die because it had lost all its feathers. I am extremely ashamed to admit it was an amused eye roll moment for me as I told her the bird was probably molting. A couple years later and I've been paid back in full for laughing at my mother, because when I walked outside and saw Cinder like this my first thought was, "Oh cheese, what the heck happened to my bird!?" I nearly had a heart attack. I was searching for signs of a predator/flock attack, plucking, or a major worm load before coming to the conclusion that it was just a molt. I hadn't realized I'd never experienced a chicken going through a truly ugly molt before. My poor Mom; now I know exactly how she felt!

Fourth Place - @MT813

Not sure if this is WHERE you post. (New to this.) But this is one tough chicken, and this seems to be a ROUGH molt for her this year. Haha. I call her "Red" or "Nubs" (despite my best efforts, she got frostbite really bad last year) , but my kids call her "Eagle." Behold:

@guess_what, @coach723, @fowltemptress, & @MT813, I will be sending you instructions on how to claim your prizes momentarily!

A HUGE THANK YOU to all who participated, this wouldn't have been possible without all of your entries!!!!

Great job everyone, this was so much fun!!

~ Shout out to all judges who took the time to judge this contest. 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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[TwoCrows]

Congrats winners! And thanks to all who entered, I hope all your birds are done feathering in!


@guess_what, @coach723, @fowltemptress, & @MT813