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Aw, that's too bad. What about Fancy Nancy? I was hoping to see her again this year.
Open Contest Official BYC Contest—Post Your Best (Worst) Chicken Molt Pictures - 2025
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I went to S. Korea, for a few weeks last fall. I gave her to a guy I know, she did not do well over the winter, but she did have babies, I got one of her grand kids. The white hen.
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Oh, sorry she didn't do well. Her daughter looks a lot like her. Hopefully she'll carry on her molting skills for next year!I went to S. Korea, for a few weeks last fall. I gave her to a guy I know, she did not do well over the winter, but she did have babies, I got one of her grand kids. The white hen.
Name: Chicken Nugget
Breed: Cinnamon Queen
I thought she was going to skip a molt completely last year. Lo and behold. She decided to drop everything during one of our coldest months, January (of this year)! Needless to say, she spent time inside on the -20 and -30 degree nights.
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Breed: Cinnamon Queen
I thought she was going to skip a molt completely last year. Lo and behold. She decided to drop everything during one of our coldest months, January (of this year)! Needless to say, she spent time inside on the -20 and -30 degree nights.
Forbidden porcupine:
Filling in a bit:
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Tatootles
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View 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!
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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.
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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.
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@Aussie-Chookmum
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@Dorothy Dandurand
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Tatootles
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My little raggedy Ann! I’m not exactly sure what a molt is, but here’s my entry
Noted; I have two frizzels. They're only 14 weeks so I don't expect them to molt this winter.
Update: (Sorry I wasn't able to edit to add these to post #34)
Here's my beautifully pathetic-looking hen. She's still losing feathers while also half growing others.
Instead of a fuzzy turkey head, she is sporting a Mohawk and 5-o-clock shadow.
For some reason the undercarriage hasn't molted yet, so she appears to be wearing fluffy pants
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Poor Chicken Nugget! I must say, that's quite the impressive molt!Name: Chicken Nugget
Breed: Cinnamon Queen
I thought she was going to skip a molt completely last year. Lo and behold. She decided to drop everything during one of our coldest months, January (of this year)! Needless to say, she spent time inside on the -20 and -30 degree nights.
Forbidden porcupine:
Filling in a bit:
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A molt is when a chicken loses its old feathers while new ones grow in. It's kinda like a dog or cat shedding their winter coat, but bird version and sometimes a bit extreme (like going completely, or close to completely, bald). Here's some links on molting from the first post of this contest:My little raggedy Ann! I’m not exactly sure what a molt is, but here’s my entry
Also, what is your Ann's breed? Rule #1
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