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

[KikiLeigh02]

Aww, she's still a cutie though! This picture reminds me of when you go to take a photo of someone, but they start telling you not to and you get this awkward photo of them with their mouth open, lol. I have soooo many of my MIL like that!

Here’s my entry for the other breeds! It’s Andi, my modern game bantam hen. It’s like she’s saying “I’m naked!! Respect my privacy!”
Picture taken 9/21/18
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[Chickassan]

She's not sick or wormy just sad and molty. She had a full work up not too long ago. She went broody right before molting started so she just got a double whammy. She's getting babied to pieces so don't worry about Miss Tucks.

she looks pale, you might want to check if she has some virus or some worms. Her feathers (in the first pic) are such a nice colour!

 

[KikiLeigh02]

His poor tail is so sad! They look so pitiful without their sickle feathers. Is he the same bird that's in your avatar?

All other breeds
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[hillbilly91]

His poor tail is so sad! They look so pitiful without their sickle feathers. Is he the same bird that's in your avatar?

No he is a son. The one in the avatar is a full red quill. The one in the molting pic is half red quill half brown red

 

[Silkies rule Forever]

THAT IS HILARIOUS!!

 

[4 ever Orpington]

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 RabbitGirl​

My Buff Orpington Buttercup is molting. ​

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 RabbitGirl​

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My Buff Orpington hen named Buttercup is molting. She has begged me not to post pictures of her bare bottom. As a respectable chicken dad I will respect her wishes.

 

[OneMountainAcres]

My Buff Orpington hen named Buttercup is molting. She has begged me not to post pictures of her bare bottom. As a respectable chicken dad I will respect her wishes.

..... You know, what she don't know won't hurt her

 

[N F C]

My Buff Orpington hen named Buttercup is molting. She has begged me not to post pictures of her bare bottom. As a respectable chicken dad I will respect her wishes.

..... You know, what she don't know won't hurt her

Besides, if you don't take molting pictures of her, how are you going to embarrass her when she's a teenager?

 

[4 ever Orpington]

..... You know, what she don't know won't hurt her

Oh she knows!

 

[4 ever Orpington]

Besides, if you don't take molting pictures of her, how are you going to embarrass her when she's a teenager?

She is two years old.