Open Contest Official BYC Contest—Post Your Best (Worst) Chicken Molt Pictures - 2025

[Lacy Duckwing]

She was fully feathered yesterday

Oh, wow! She's dropping them right there!

She's leaving a trail of feathers.

My thoughts exactly!

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

She was fully feathered yesterday

I almost missed this... What is her name and breed? Rule #1

An entry is up to 50 pictures of your molting chicken. Please include:

• Name
• Breed

 

[chooki]

Name: Little bull (being a bully)
Breed: Australorp (mix)

This is after her molt:

 

[Faraday40]

Here’s my 1 year old silkie hen. It’s weird without her crest.
Note: This was taken a couple weeks ago, and she is still dropping feathers. I will update this post with future photos of her progress.

 

[CombNWattles]

Here’s my 1 year old silkie hen. It’s weird without her crest.


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The peach fuzz on the top of her head

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

Name: Little bull (being a bully)
Breed: Australorp (mix)

This is after her molt:

Ohh, ouch! Her bum looks painful!

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

Here’s my 1 year old silkie hen. It’s weird without her crest.

Wow! Poor girl! I didn't know Silkies could molt that hard. That's rough!

 

[Faraday40]

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She's leaving a trail of feathers.

Wow. I love the trail of feathers! I guess it won't be hard to know where she's been.

The peach fuzz on the top of her head

She looks just like my turkey hen.