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

[rdcowman]

My chocolate/mauve Orpington. Not as bad as some others, but I dont think she is finished yet.
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she's beautiful!

 

[Lisa Wood]

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.

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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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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.

View attachment 1137077

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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She is beautiful even now.

 

[Limemagg13]

My precious Speckled Sussex, Sootie, looks like the Road Runner everytime she molts

All Other Breeds

 

[WVduckchick]

This is perfect timing, as I have a Lavender Orpington who is going through a really hard molt right now. She still knows she's gorgeous, though Her name is Violet <3View attachment 1137401

She's posing.....
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And here she is next to her fluffier sisters, Marsha and Kathy. <3
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My lav orps molt hard too! Worst of all my breeds for sure. But they grow back in the prettiest!

she's beautiful!

Thanks. Her name is Kahlua.

 

[Cknlovr5]

Hi all I love this!!
Here is my girl Esspresso....or Spressly as we like to call her. She started her molt a week or so ago!
She lost her beautiful plumes and her neck feathers are starting to go. I'm not sure what category she would be in...maybe just soon to be featherless

 

[teashy]

Check out my little lady, please met my barnevelder Mrs Cottonsocks.

All other breeds

 

[Dawnclucks22]

I hope mine molt this year so I can post - it stays pretty warm here!

 

[Old Philosopher]

My Australorp rooster is a disaster. He's my Avatar there. Wait until I can get him to pose tomorrow. Ugh....

 

[WVduckchick]

View attachment 1138660 Check out my little lady, please met my barnevelder Mrs Cottonsocks.

All other breeds

Give that little lady her clothes back!! Quick!

 

[WVduckchick]

One of my Lavender Orpingtons