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

[User690263]

*NOT AN ENTRY*
My non-chicken keeper friend said that it looks like she had a bunch of straws sticking out of her neck
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On a side note, does anyone else find it really satisfied to pluck a feather that is sticking out at a weird angle and is only held in place by the other feathers, or is that just me?

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

On a side note, does anyone else find it really satisfied to pluck a feather that is sticking out at a weird angle and is only held in place by the other feathers, or is that just me?

I find it satisfying.

 

[Solanacae]

Estella the silver laced Wyandotte is my roughest molted this year. Last picture shows her tail feathers starting to grow back in

 

[talkinboutchickens]

Am I reading this right? That you can enter 50 pictures?? lol

1. An entry is up to 50 pictures of your molting chicken. Please include:
   • Name
   • Breed

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

Estella the silver laced Wyandotte is my roughest molted this year. Last picture shows her tail feathers starting to grow back in View attachment 4001419

Awesome progress pictures! I bet she's happier now.

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

Am I reading this right? That you can enter 50 pictures?? lol

1. An entry is up to 50 pictures of your molting chicken. Please include:
   • Name
   • Breed

Yes, rule #1. It's a lot, but it's definitely in the rules.

 

[talkinboutchickens]

That poor bird. Don't tell her you entered these pictures into this contest or she'll never show her face again!

....or her butt...

 

[talkinboutchickens]

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Entry 2: Trixy. She only has one tail feather

love it

 

[talkinboutchickens]

This is Mo, or what’s left of her It was 27° this morning, and she was not happy.
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Poor munchkin! She must be so cold

 

[talkinboutchickens]

This is Nugget, aka Nuggies.
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love the name!!