Ended Official BYC Contest—Post Your Best (Worst) Chicken Molt Pictures - 2024

[Lacy Duckwing]

Of course I told her you could hardly notice any missing View attachment 3988218
On a real note, poor French Fry, she’s dropping more every day and I swear I saw her shivering today View attachment 3988227View attachment 3988228

Her poor back! I can see all these little pins coming in on the first picture; awesome shot, by the way! I bet she can't wait for those feathers to come in. Thanks for entering!

 

[alinas2010]

Her poor back! I can see all these little pins coming in on the first picture; awesome shot, by the way! I bet she can't wait for those feathers to come in. Thanks for entering!

I feel so bad for her! She shakes and feathers go everywhere!

 

[mararva]

Belle is looking a bit bedraggled

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

Belle is looking a bit bedraggled
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She definitely is! Beautiful shot!

 

[Squawkers]

My scraggly Bunny (that is her name)

 

[Love Donkeys]

*Molting Photo Entry*

The photo was taken with my Android tablet and has been cropped....

She is a Speckled Sussex and should look like this....

Usually the girls have an easy molt, but this year one of them got a little carried away. I noticed she tries to stay in the sun and out of the wind. When she's in the coop she doesn't like anyone cuddled up next to her. I think the new pin feathers are hurting her. Every time she shakes herself there is a "snow storm" of feathers floating in the air...

Since all my girls, 28 hens and 16 pullets, are Speckled Sussex I do not name them. They all have the same name, "Feather Heads"....

*Molting Photo Entry*

Photo taken with Android Tablet, Photo cropped.

She is the same hen I entered on Wednesday, it's a better photo. I was worried about her last night because it was forcasted to be 34°F and she doesn't have feathers to keep her warm. I was happy to see her this morning sit

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

*Molting Photo Entry*
View attachment 3992571 The photo was taken with my Android tablet and has been cropped....

She is a Speckled Sussex and should look like this....View attachment 3992584
Usually the girls have an easy molt, but this year one of them got a little carried away. I noticed she tries to stay in the sun and out of the wind. When she's in the coop she doesn't like anyone cuddled up next to her. I think the new pin feathers are hurting her. Every time she shakes herself there is a "snow storm" of feathers floating in the air...

Since all my girls, 28 hens and 16 pullets, are Speckled Sussex I do not name them. They all have the same name, "Feather Heads"....

Holy cow! She's a walking pin cushion! I can imagine why she doesn't want anyone near her! Poor girl.

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

Entry # 2: French Fry again, looking a little worse for the wear. I tried to get her out for about 10 mins of sunshine yesterday and she just stood in the shade View attachment 3993626View attachment 3993627View attachment 3993628View attachment 3993629

Poor girl. She looks so miserable!

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

*Molting Photo Entry*

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Photo taken with Android Tablet, Photo cropped.

She is the same hen I entered on Wednesday, it's a better photo. I was worried about her last night because it was forcasted to be 34°F and she doesn't have feathers to keep her warm. I was happy to see her this morning sitting in the sun. She sits on her lower part of her legs to keep her pin feathers from touching the ground. She just looks so miserable!

She definitely does! She's a smart girl though. I'm happy to see she's doing well despite the cold!

 

[Desertvalleychickens]

This is Nightfeather, my molting Black Australorp.