Ended Official BYC Contest: Worst Chicken Molt Pictures, Fall-Winter 2013

[newduckie]

I showed him the picture and he was horrified. He said " no f....in' way!!!" Lol. He promised not to kill since he saw this.. Lol

 

[Mr MKK FARMS]

I'm in central Virginia. My pullets have not begun to molt. If they do, and end up naked, do I bring them inside for warmth? I wouldn't want them to freeze. This will be my first winter with chickens. I'm already worried as it is.

 

[dfdesigns]

This is one of my Black Ameraucana hens who always has the most terrible molts... you can see that she's quite beautiful when fully feathered! Please enter her in the regular group.

 

[RedIII]

This is Tutu and she needs to be entered into the Frizzle catagory. (she is actually a frazzle) I have more pictures of her sadness if you need them. This is her recovery from molting, you can see her new feathers on her chest. lol

Bahahaha!

What makes it perfect is her little attitude in the photo!

I had a couple of bad moult-ers this year, but I'm not submitting either of them because the roosters helped to decimate their feathers...........Maybe I'll get lucky and one of my other girls will start a nudist colony, lol!

 

[RedIII]

This is one of my Black Ameraucana hens who always has the most terrible molts... you can see that she's quite beautiful when fully feathered! Please enter her in the regular group.

Oh my. Sorry for the double post, but she's quite lovely when fully feathered. And when she's not............she looks like a Halloween decoration

 

[curiositykt]

So I have one wyandotte who is molting out of my 4, and she's only losing her outside feathers, so she sort of looks like she's getting fluffier, even though it's just her fluff showing through her thin feathers. She's on the left in this picture, on the right is her sister who hasn't started molting. Is it better for them to molt very slowly and gradually, or quickly and dramatically and get it over with?

 

[miquwid]

This is Tutu and she needs to be entered into the Frizzle catagory. (she is actually a frazzle) I have more pictures of her sadness if you need them. This is her recovery from molting, you can see her new feathers on her chest. lol

I hope my birds don't molt in the winter time , it's too cold here in Vermont!

This is one of my Black Ameraucana hens who always has the most terrible molts... you can see that she's quite beautiful when fully feathered! Please enter her in the regular group.

Oh my now I'm nervous, My roo is starting a molt I hope it doesn't get that bad LOL.

Vermont that's rough I'm in Western NY but still ugh!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Ameliamychicken]

This looks fun!If my Serama molts enough I will enter her.Do Seramas' molt that bad?

 

[tnspursfan09]

Poor Diego. It's hard to be manly without a tail

 

[ChickNanny13]

My Pullets just getting over their "junior" molt.....Feathers every where and all missing tails but nothing like I've seen here. Showed Hubby the pictures, he & I both have never seen molt like that ever. We've had chickens in the past but he lived in San Diego (CA) & I in Hilo (HI). We're in Hilo now therefore not too worried IF we have that severe molt, however it does get chilly with the trade winds during the Winter months. Pullets are 16wks now, when would the next major molt be? Thank for sharing...