Could be. It seems like feather plucking is an issue for a lot of people right now. If she is molting, please share!I am happy & shocked. My little black one has some patches & I thought there was something wrong, then my blond one started getting little spots. I didn't see any black feathers. I think she eats them.
CheetahView attachment 4187491It's that time of year again when our birds start their metamorphosis into... well, okay, they don't turn into anything, but it sure is interesting to see them go through their molting process and leaving feathers all over the place!
This contest is brought to you by our BYC Sponsors
(click to view & support them)
Official BYC Contest
Post Your Best (Worst) Chicken Molt Pictures - 2025
Ends December 31st, 2025
Are Your Chickens Molting?
We Want Your Pics!
For more information on your flock's annual molt, see here:
How to enter
- Molting: All You Need To Know
- What Happens When Chickens Molt?
- Chickens Losing Feathers? Managing Your Flock's Molt
- Molting- Your Flock's Seasonal Shedding
- DISCUSSION: For the new folks that haven't experienced a molt yet.
The contest is simple, post pictures of your birds in the worst part of their molt. Once we're past the molting season, our esteemed panel of judges will pick a loser... er... winner!
Prizes - At least one 3-month PFM
To increase your chances of winning, please read the rules before entering.
.
Rules:
Good luck to you and your ugly... er.. molting chickens!
- An entry is up to 50 pictures of your molting chicken. Please include:
- Name
- Breed
- Chickens only.
- If you have more than one chicken to enter, do them in separate posts.
- Must be your pictures that were taken THIS YEAR, so probably within the last few weeks and over the next few months (depending on your climate, birds, etc.).
- Molt pictures submitted to our previous molt contests are not eligible for this contest.
- Images that have been resized might be disqualified if they are too small to judge.
- ALL pictures MUST be uploaded to BYC and not hosted on other image sites, personal websites, etc.
- No screenshots, watermarks, date stamps, text, etc., on the photo. No collages.
- The photo needs to have been taken by you.
- You cannot use a photo that won an award in another BYC-sponsored contest.
- High-quality images are recommended. Basic editing, such as cropping and other subtle changes, are allowed.
- ALL photos MUST be uploaded to BYC.
- Prizes are limited to one per person per contest.
- All BYC rules apply: Terms and rules
- Accepting entries through December 31st, 2025, at 11:59 pm Pacific Time
If entries warrant, we will have two categories, "Frizzle" and "Non-Frizzles" (on account of Frizzles having some pretty bad molting genes and winning this contest for a few years), and the following prizes will be awarded to both categories.
Photography tips from fellow BYC members:
- Photography Tips from BYC's jolenesdad
- Photography Tips from BYC's mdees88
- Photography Tips from BYC's TudyBot
2024 Winners
From left to right, photos by @fowltemptress, @alinas2010, @Poultrybonkers, & @CHlCKEN
2023 Winners
From left to right, photos by @guess_what, @coach723, @fowltemptress, & @MT813
2022 Frizzle Winners
From left to right, photos by @gimmie birdies, @taprock, & @kurby22
See more pictures here.
2022 Non-Frizzle Winners
From left to right, photos by: @Poultrybonkers, @HorseGirlAbby, @Artichoke Lover, @pipdzipdnreadytogo, @Judy Chicken Mama, @Paradisewife, @cluckingheck, @OneMountainAcres, & @Miss Cheep
See more pictures here.
2021 Winners
From left to right: @The Moonshiner , @Naisha, @higginskzoo, @locoyosh, @SteveE, @Wildgrass, & @wolfinator
See more pictures here.
Non-Frizzle Category Frizzle Category View attachment 4186884
@Aussie-Chookmum
See more pictures here.View attachment 4186885
@Dorothy Dandurand
See more pictures here.
Ouch, she's in rough shape! She's definitely one that's going to be hard to beat though. Thanks for entering her!Cheetah
My Sunburnt FRIZZLE EE
She started molting at the end of last winter.
My rooster liked her A LOT!
I don't know if this counts but this is from the time when my wyandotte cockerels one tail feather brokeView attachment 4187491It's that time of year again when our birds start their metamorphosis into... well, okay, they don't turn into anything, but it sure is interesting to see them go through their molting process and leaving feathers all over the place!
This contest is brought to you by our BYC Sponsors
(click to view & support them)
Official BYC Contest
Post Your Best (Worst) Chicken Molt Pictures - 2025
Ends December 31st, 2025
Are Your Chickens Molting?
We Want Your Pics!
For more information on your flock's annual molt, see here:
How to enter
- Molting: All You Need To Know
- What Happens When Chickens Molt?
- Chickens Losing Feathers? Managing Your Flock's Molt
- Molting- Your Flock's Seasonal Shedding
- DISCUSSION: For the new folks that haven't experienced a molt yet.
The contest is simple, post pictures of your birds in the worst part of their molt. Once we're past the molting season, our esteemed panel of judges will pick a loser... er... winner!
Prizes - At least one 3-month PFM
To increase your chances of winning, please read the rules before entering.
.
Rules:
Good luck to you and your ugly... er.. molting chickens!
- An entry is up to 50 pictures of your molting chicken. Please include:
- Name
- Breed
- Chickens only.
- If you have more than one chicken to enter, do them in separate posts.
- Must be your pictures that were taken THIS YEAR, so probably within the last few weeks and over the next few months (depending on your climate, birds, etc.).
- Molt pictures submitted to our previous molt contests are not eligible for this contest.
- Images that have been resized might be disqualified if they are too small to judge.
- ALL pictures MUST be uploaded to BYC and not hosted on other image sites, personal websites, etc.
- No screenshots, watermarks, date stamps, text, etc., on the photo. No collages.
- The photo needs to have been taken by you.
- You cannot use a photo that won an award in another BYC-sponsored contest.
- High-quality images are recommended. Basic editing, such as cropping and other subtle changes, are allowed.
- ALL photos MUST be uploaded to BYC.
- Prizes are limited to one per person per contest.
- All BYC rules apply: Terms and rules
- Accepting entries through December 31st, 2025, at 11:59 pm Pacific Time
If entries warrant, we will have two categories, "Frizzle" and "Non-Frizzles" (on account of Frizzles having some pretty bad molting genes and winning this contest for a few years), and the following prizes will be awarded to both categories.
Photography tips from fellow BYC members:
- Photography Tips from BYC's jolenesdad
- Photography Tips from BYC's mdees88
- Photography Tips from BYC's TudyBot
2024 Winners
From left to right, photos by @fowltemptress, @alinas2010, @Poultrybonkers, & @CHlCKEN
2023 Winners
From left to right, photos by @guess_what, @coach723, @fowltemptress, & @MT813
2022 Frizzle Winners
From left to right, photos by @gimmie birdies, @taprock, & @kurby22
See more pictures here.
2022 Non-Frizzle Winners
From left to right, photos by: @Poultrybonkers, @HorseGirlAbby, @Artichoke Lover, @pipdzipdnreadytogo, @Judy Chicken Mama, @Paradisewife, @cluckingheck, @OneMountainAcres, & @Miss Cheep
See more pictures here.
2021 Winners
From left to right: @The Moonshiner , @Naisha, @higginskzoo, @locoyosh, @SteveE, @Wildgrass, & @wolfinator
See more pictures here.
Non-Frizzle Category Frizzle Category View attachment 4186884
@Aussie-Chookmum
See more pictures here.View attachment 4186885
@Dorothy Dandurand
See more pictures here.
Was the picture taken this year? If yes, then it should count. Rule #4I don't know if this counts but this is from the time when my wyandotte cockerels one tail feather broke
- jack
- wyandotte
I've had a few birds go tailless for a little while.
challenges accepted (jk- who’s got that kind of time)
Thankfully, as far as I know, nobody has ever entered that many pictures of their chicken, and I'm sure their chickens has thanked them.
On the limit itself, there is an unsaid limit of 50 images per a post in a thread and in an article page (and most likely in a PM post, but I haven't tested that out yet). On an article, there is a secret trick around that limit so you could post more than 50 pictures on a page, but I don't know if it works for thread posts yet because I haven't tested that either. Either way, we do need to set a limit for this contest because we do permit multiple pictures to show how bad the chicken is molting, but don't want so many that even the website can't handle it.
