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

[The Moonshiner]

Let's call her... Moony
Black Leghorn

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Let's call her... Moony
Black Leghorn
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She's all ready for eating.

 

[The Moonshiner]

She's all ready for eating.

I've never eaten one of my chickens but she sure is tempting me to.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

I've never eaten one of my chickens but she sure is tempting me to.

She's also good for showing what they look like under all those pretty feathers. Hopefully she gets hers back soon.

 

[mrskenmore]

She's also good for showing what they look like under all those pretty feathers. Hopefully she gets hers back soon.

She will be gorgeous when she has all her feathers back! I like her tactic lol it's all feathers or none

 

[CombNWattles]

Let's call her... Moony
Black Leghorn
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Ohmygosh why do your birds always get so bald??? Is it a leghorn thing?? that second picture is hysterical

 

[The Moonshiner]

Ohmygosh why do your birds always get so bald??? Is it a leghorn thing?? that second picture is hysterical

Some do, most don't. Seems the blacks are the most likely to.
Also not as hard to find a rough one when you have a gazillion birds.

 

[Tatootles]

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:

Also, what is your Ann's breed? Rule #1

Tatootles and I think he’s a frizzle