Ended Official BYC Contest - Worst Chicken Molt Pictures - Fall-Winter 2016

[sumi]

O.K. you all, it looks like we got all the entries we're going to get? We're going to end this contest soon, so if anyone else wants to enter their chickens, hurry hurry!

 

[JurassicBawk]

This is Char, my little Olive Egger, so other breed category. This is her first molt and she's pretty grumpy about it.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

oh! i have a girl molting really bad right now! i'll have to get pics!

 

[RodNTN]

Nobody is molting here right now, but I am loving these entries!

 

[crealbilly]

One of my Frizzle Easter Eggers. This photo was taken 8/14/2016. Her name is Fancy, though she had a hard time living up to that name for a while.

Looks right close to the pot already, not much plucking left to do.

 

[Susanhen]

My little Yuengling has a rough time with her molt this time around! Poor lady didn't have a tail for 2 weeks! (Other breeds category)

Her normal beautiful plumage

 

[ShrekDawg]

My little Yuengling has a rough time with her molt this time around! Poor lady didn't have a tail for 2 weeks!

Her normal beautiful plumage

Oh wow, it looks like a completely different bird! LOL

 

[Susanhen]

Oh wow, it looks like a completely different bird! LOL

I came back from vacation and she was half her normal size! I told her her butt looked like a soccer mom haircut!

 

[Sandy001]

My first chickens haven't been through a hard molt yet, they are just now 8 months old so i'll be expecting their first hard molt later this year or early fall. My question is should I remove the rooster during the molt? I know the rooster can during mating make the girls look a little ratty and if a lot of feathers are missing I would think that could cause a problem. I do have extra space to house the roaster away from the girls but still in site of them. I just want to make them as comfortable as possible during hard molt.

 

[DesertChic]

My first chickens haven't been through a hard molt yet, they are just now 8 months old so i'll be expecting their first hard molt later this year or early fall. My question is should I remove the rooster during the molt? I know the rooster can during mating make the girls look a little ratty and if a lot of feathers are missing I would think that could cause a problem. I do have extra space to house the roaster away from the girls but still in site of them. I just want to make them as comfortable as possible during hard molt.

It's certainly not a bad idea. My heaviest molters hid away from the rest of the flock as much as possible, and especially from the roosters. It's a very stressful time for them.