Ended Official BYC Contest - Post your best (worst) chicken molt pics!

[sumi]

Winners announced here!

Chickens Are Molting - We Want Your Pics!​

It's that time of year again where 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!

For more information on your flock's annual molt, see here:

• What Happens When Chickens Molt?
• Chickens Loosing 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!

We will have two categories:

"Frizzle" and "All Other Breeds" (on account of Frizzles having some pretty bad molting genes and winning this contest for a few years). Please state which category you are entering when posting your pics!

Prizes:

There will be two winners per category, the first place winners will receive a $50 gift certificate to the BYC Store and the second place winners will each receive a free 6 month Premium Feather Membership for themselves or a friend.

The rules are simple too:

1. Must be your chicken
2. Must be a picture taken THIS YEAR, so probably within the last few weeks and over the next couple months (depending on your climate, birds, etc.)
3. Must say which category you're entering in

Good luck to you and your ugly... er.. molting chickens!

Here is the winner of our previous contest, entered by missesball

 

[MillersFarm]

It's that time of year again where 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!

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!

We will have two categories:

"Frizzle" and "All Other Breeds" (on account of Frizzles having some pretty bad molting genes and winning this contest for a few years

). Please state which category you are entering when posting your pics!

Prizes:

There will be two winners per category, the first place winners will receive a $50 to the BYC Store and the second place winners will each receive a free 6 month Premium Feather Membership for themselves or a friend.

The rules are simple too:

1. Must be your chicken
2. Must be a picture taken THIS YEAR, so probably within the last few weeks and over the next couple months (depending on your climate, birds, etc.)
3. Must say which category you're entering in

Good luck to you and your ugly... er.. molting chickens!

Here is the winner of our previous contest, entered by missesball

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For more information on your flock's annual molt, see here:​

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/information-on-molting-chickens
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/580915/for-the-new-folks-that-havent-experienced-a-molt-yet/0_30

I've got a couple of some "ugly" Birds a moltin' So i'll def be entering. One question though... How many pics are we allowed to enter just one?

 

[sumi]

I've got a couple of some "ugly" Birds a moltin' So i'll def be entering. One question though... How many pics are we allowed to enter just one?

You can post a few pics of the same bird if you like.

 

[Lazy Farmer]

Lice/mites/pecking order/Roo abuse confusion, I'm thinking might get thrown into the mix.
Previous winning photo is an excellent example of full coat molt.

 

[Jetblack2004]

This looks great. I have a couple of hens molting. I'll enter when I've taken a few pics

-Jet

 

[TattooedChicks]

This is going to be good.
My oldest are only 3 months, so I doubt I'll have any good molts this year though I've got tons of little feathers all over currently.

 

[sue25]

Some of mine just started will upload pics when it's been going on for a little while.

 

[pineapple416]

Here's my first molting of the year, Lilly my "All Other Breeds" 4 year old Sicilian Buttercup hen. She always has the worst molts in our flock!

 

[Bonniebooboo]

Here's my first molting of the year, Lilly my "All Other Breeds" 4 year old Sicilian Buttercup hen. She always has the worst molts in our flock!

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Mine aren't that bad yet, but keep the camera out as your girl will need an update on how bad she will look! She's probably not done yet. Good pictures so far.

 

[doublecluck]

My hens haven't started molting yet. The days are getting shorter and they're about that age. Should be anytime now, right?