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Post Your Best (Worst) Chicken Molt Pictures - 2022
Are Your Chickens Molting?
We Want Your Pics!
It's that time of year again when 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!
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Post Your Best (Worst) Chicken Molt Pictures - 2022
Are Your Chickens Molting?
We Want Your Pics!
It's that time of year again when 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!
- Molting: All You Need To Know
- What Happens When Chickens Molt?
- Chickens Losing 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!
The rules are simple too:
- Chickens only. All other fowl can enter the Other Fowl Molt contest here.
- Must be your chicken.
- No picture limit, post as many pictures of your molting chicken.
- If you have more than one chicken to enter, do them in separate posts.
- Chickens only. All other fowl can enter the Other Fowl Molt Contest.
- Must be your pictures that were taken THIS YEAR, so probably within the last few weeks and over the next few months (depending on your climate, birds, etc.).
- ALL pictures MUST be uploaded to BYC and not hosted on other image sites, personal websites, etc.
- Molt pictures submitted to our previous molt contests are not eligible for this contest.
- Prizes are limited to one per person per contest.
- All BYC rules apply: Terms and rules
- Accepting entries through December 31st, 2022, at 11:59 pm Pacific Time
Prizes
If entries warrant we will have two categories, "Frizzle" and "Non-Frizzles" (on account of Frizzles having some pretty bad molting genes and winning this contest for a few years
| Place | Prize |
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| 1st | $50 BYC Store Gift Certificate or a 1-year PFM ($60 value) for yourself or a friend. |
| 2nd | $30 BYC Store Gift Certificate or a 6-month PFM ($35 value) for yourself or a friend. |
| 3rd | $15 BYC Store Gift Certificate or a 3-month PFM ($20 value) for yourself or a friend. |
| 4th | A copy of the beautiful BYC 2023 Calendar or a 1-month PFM for yourself or a friend. |
2021 Contest Contest Winners
| 1st Non-Frizzle Category | 2nd Non-Frizzle Category |
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See more pictures here.
| 3rd Non-Frizzle Category | 3rd Non-Frizzle Category |
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See more pictures here.
| Non-Frizzle Category | Frizzle Category |
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@Aussie-Chookmum See more pictures here. |
@Dorothy Dandurand See more pictures here. |
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