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

[Lacy Duckwing]

She looks worse in person.
Oh yeah, and it's 47°F right now

I bet.
47° isn't too bad... It sure beats the January cold when one decides to hit a molt then.

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

Entry #1
Breed : Olive Egger
Name: Black Magic

Bad feather day. 1st time with molting chicken. I thought someone died in the coop! Black feathers everywhere.

Congrats on the first time molt! It looks like it hit her pretty hard.

 

[CombNWattles]

Oops. Sorry.

Orca is another name for Killer Whales. When my girl was a chick, she had the colors of one. Now, she's the farthest thing from one... until she's laying an egg and some unsuspecting hen happens to walk by.

Haha! No worries!

 

[chickengirls16]

Entry #1
name: Cora
breed: black sex link


it feels like this happened overnight...

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

It feels like this happened overnight...

Oh, no, poor bird. Black Star?

(Hey, keep in mind you want to add the bird's name and breed. Rule #1

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

• Name
• Breed

)

 

[chickengirls16]

Oh, no, poor bird. Black Star?

(Hey, keep in mind you want to add the bird's name and breed. Rule #1

)

Oops. I will edit my post.

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

Oops. I will edit my post.

Thank you.

 

[mrskenmore]

Entry 1:
Name: Jolene
Breed: Fayoumi/Starlight Green Egger mix

This is what she gets for taking Dolly's man! More pics to come in the next day or so.

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I had a Jolene! She was fierce!!

 

[heatherbeast]

I had a Jolene! She was fierce!!

ABSOLUTELY! She's a nutbar. Plucked her ENTIRE midriff bare when she was broody. Not just a belly patch, her sides and BACK too! I like sharing this pic of as a 'not an entry' because it's not moulting, but she definitely looks great in a 2-piece. She did great rearing those chicks.

 

[mrskenmore]

ABSOLUTELY! She's a nutbar. Plucked her ENTIRE midriff bare when she was broody. Not just a belly patch, her sides and BACK too! I like sharing this pic of as a 'not an entry' because it's not moulting, but she definitely looks great in a 2-piece.

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aww! Hi Crazy Jolene!!! Cuteness