Ended Official BYC Contest - Post Your Best (Worst) Chicken Molt Pictures - 2022

[Lacy Duckwing]

He lost his tail! Now he's losing his neck feathers!
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Poor bird!

 

[3KillerBs]

He lost his tail! Now he's losing his neck feathers!
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Wow. I thought Rameses had looked off balance without his tail. He at least kept his hackles.

 

[gimmie birdies]

Fancy Nancy is getting her feather back.

 

[casportpony]

Fancy Nancy is getting her feather back.

Post some pictures of her!

 

[Fluster Cluck Acres]

Maleficent and her 1 remaining lonely tail feather.

 

[MandaRae]

My poor Betty. She was Broody most of the summer now she is off the nest she has the coop looking like a few pillows exploded my Leghorn is like "What is happening"

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Betty is my only one molting right now and she looks pretty raggedy right now

 

[janiedoe]

Aubergine hides her head in shame. She is so embarrassed by her lack of feathers.

Aubergine

 

[gimmie birdies]

This is Nell. She is 4. Her mom was the gray frizzle I used to have as a avatar.

 

[Lady Honkington]

Fancy Nancy
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Since she is molting I am careful when I pick her up or pat her body.
Look at her little oil gland nub...
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She keeps getting more bald...View attachment 3217541View attachment 3217542

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I had a cute video, but having trouble figuring out how to load it.

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I had a video but could not figure out how to down load it.

She likes the shade.
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In this pic it is hot, you can see the other hens panting, but she is not. This morning it was 56, and I saw her shiver.
Okay- but those weak hearted avert your eyes...NN
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When held she feels like a meat bag. She is quite heavy.

Fancy Nancy is very happy. She is not low on the totem pole. She lays a lovely green egg, too! As a baby she was very nak-y in this pic you cannot see, but she had no feathers on her but, and if you see her pics she is all skin, not even pin feathers saying hello. (By the way she is a NN. So not supposed to have as many feathers.)
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She has less feathers than I have seen on chicken in the meat dept. lately.
To be clear it is a molt pic of Fancy Nancy and she is one year old.

Oh my god. I hope she grows her feathers quickly.

 

[FoxySonia]

Fancy Nancy
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Since she is molting I am careful when I pick her up or pat her body.
Look at her little oil gland nub...
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She keeps getting more bald...View attachment 3217541View attachment 3217542

View attachment 3219047
I had a cute video, but having trouble figuring out how to load it.

View attachment 3219075
I had a video but could not figure out how to down load it.

She likes the shade.
.View attachment 3219870
In this pic it is hot, you can see the other hens panting, but she is not. This morning it was 56, and I saw her shiver.
Okay- but those weak hearted avert your eyes...NN
View attachment 3238146
When held she feels like a meat bag. She is quite heavy.

Fancy Nancy is very happy. She is not low on the totem pole. She lays a lovely green egg, too! As a baby she was very nak-y in this pic you cannot see, but she had no feathers on her but, and if you see her pics she is all skin, not even pin feathers saying hello. (By the way she is a NN. So not supposed to have as many feathers.)
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She has less feathers than I have seen on chicken in the meat dept. lately.
To be clear it is a molt pic of Fancy Nancy and she is one year old.

Sue has to be the winner. Wow!