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

[Kiki]

Sorry for double jacket pic. Please delete one for me?

It's ok. Don't worry.

 

[MallardMomx2]

He’s obviously not a chicken, so I’m just posting for fun. Here’s Pallas this year...poor guy

 

[ShrekDawg]

I should really take a picture of Diva. Poor gal is molting VERY hard right now

Seems my Easter Eggers are molting extra hard this year haha

Well, and my Australorps ha

I hope they regain their feathers quickly... it is getting cold fast here!

 

[aart]

I should really take a picture of Diva. Poor gal is molting VERY hard right now

Whattaya waiting for?!!

 

[ShrekDawg]

Whattaya waiting for?!!

I made myself brunch first

But I’ll go get a picture of her now. She looks VERY rough LOL

 

[ShrekDawg]

Okay... as promised... Diva pics

Not sure they really show the full extent of it but I tried to capture it as best I could, hence so many.

She is missing feathers everywhere, no tail, no beard, and when you see how pretty sure normally looks you can really see it lol

She’s practically naked

I’ll try to find a pic of how she normally looks.

I really wish I had gotten a picture of the Australorps though. Their feathers have mostly grown in now except for the tail and some on the head but their necks were completely naked for a while and filled with blue pin feathers

Anyway, here’s Diva.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Here she is in full glory LOL

This was in May. Note her magnificent beard and tail.

 

[ShrekDawg]

And here’s an update on Bunny. She is looking much better these days.

This was taken today. She’s a little bit darker than this in real life but she is basically back to full glory now.

This is my poor Easter Egger Bunny. She started molting in August so she looks slightly better now but not much.

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THIS is what she usually looks like.

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She’s turning 4 at the end of this month so the poor girl has been molting very hard the last couple years.

 

[cluckmecoop7]

 

[silkiemother]

I'm tempted, do chicks reverse molting count? when they lose their chick fluff and get their adult feathers. if not, I got a naked barred rock