Ended Official BYC Mini-Contest—What's Your Hobby?

[muddy75]

Winners announced here!​

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Welcome to the Official BYC Mini-Contest
What's Your Hobby?​

This is a RANDOM Winner Contest...

We want to know what you love! Whether you're lucky enough to have a hobby that pays the bills, or it's something you enjoy doing in your free time, tell us all about it! What are your creative and artistic pursuits? Do you collect something special? Did you need to buy an external hard drive to store all of the pictures you take? Share with us what hobbies you enjoy most!

It's easy to enter, just reply to this thread with up to 4 of your hobbies and you will be entered for a chance to win 1 of 5 (that's right, FIVE) BYC 2022 Calendars!

The rules:

• Four hobby entries per member. PLEASE NUMBER YOUR ENTRIES!
• One hobby per post, please.
• Please add a short description with your IMAGES IN YOUR POSTS, examples...
  • What is it that you love about this hobby?
  • When do you do the Hobby?
  • What sacrifices do you make to be able to practice your hobby?
  • Are you an amateur? An adept? An expert?
  • Are you lucky enough that this hobby is part of your job/income?
  • The above are just examples of how to create your post, you don´t have to talk about all of them and you can add other things if you want, those are just a few guidelines in case you don’t know how to make your post!

Spoiler: More Rules

1. The picture needs to have been taken by you.
2. You cannot use a photo that won an award in another BYC sponsored contest.
3. No overly-edited or filtered images—basic editing such as cropping and other subtle changes are allowed.
4. No screenshots, and no watermarks, date stamps, text, etc. on the picture.
5. ALL pictures MUST be uploaded to BYC and not hosted on other image sites, personal websites, etc.
6. Prizes are limited to one per person per contest.
7. Open to all BYC members.
8. All BYC rules apply: Terms of Service (Rules)
9. Entries will be accepted until November 30th at 11:59 PM Pacific Time.

Note: We will use a random number generator to select our winners for this Contest.

There will be 5 winners and each will receive a copy of the beautiful BYC 2022 Calendar!​

The calendar is available to winners that reside in the United States. Winners outside the United State will be awarded a 1-month PFM.

2020 Contest Winners​

Repurposing antiques​	Comic Books​	Online Auctions​	Hobby Farming​	Treasure Hunting​
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From left to right: @CluckerFamily, @Chicken_loverXx, @slippednfell, @cmom, @ronkonkoma

2019 Contest Winners​

Grooming​	Photography​	Baking​	Geocaching​	Scrounging​
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From left to right: @FortCluck, @Madie'sOddFlock, @Meg-in-MT, @Casper417, @RaZ​

Check out the rest of the contests here:
Official BYC Mini-Contest Series - Win one of Fifty (50) BYC 2022 Calendars!

If you would like to purchase a beautiful BYC 2022 Calendar, see this thread: 2022 BYC Calendars are HERE!!!! Free Shipping to US Addresses!

 

[Zen Wildlife Rescuer]

I thought this might be fun to share! My “hobby” is more like a lifestyle lol. I have been doing wildlife rescue for 8+ years here in South Africa. I love that I never know what bird or animal will end up with me to recover before being rehabilitated and sent out. I also love the amazing people who share my passion that I get to meet all over the world. Here are just a few of the many, many animals that have come through our doors:

 

[-Flash-]

My hobby is to take photos. I have won at least $200 AU this year on photography and I am thinking about starting a business...

 

[JustBabyMargo]

My hobby is drawing! I love to draw because it is relaxing and fun! I have been trying to sell my designs on Redbubble, but it has not happened yet.

 

[LizzzyJo]

1. I have many hobbies, but one of my favorites is rabbit breeding. I breed pedigreed Holland Lops for show and pets. I have lived a life filled with rabbits and litters, but I am by no means an expert. I do try to be as educated as possible, however - and I have my rabbit vet on speed dial for back-up.

Why I love it: I love that I get to help the children of my community learn to care for animals both for 4H and as pets. The children are the future of loving animal husbandry I also LOVE having my little rabbits and watching them grow.

When: I breed doe(s) about 2-3 times a year and have 2-4 adults at any given time. My main buck, Radish, is my scrumptious little pet and I will never sell him. I do not practice intensive breeding.

Money: I net about $500/year after expenses (my babies sell for $80-$120), but I have no intention of growing this as a "business". It's just for love and snuggles.

 

[cherrynberry]

Entry 1

My first hobby is sketching!

I love the aspect of how it brings me joy (which really defines hobby though). My main sacrafice for it is time. Good art takes time and energy. Everyday, I work on different animals to sketch. From chickens, to ducks, to cows, to horses, and now, lions. I started sketching lions recently. Working on anatomy and structure.

I am self-taught, so definitely not an expert, not thaf one cannot be a self-taught expert, but I am not . I do not make income on it, but it wouldn't hurt to get some side income, although passion is what drives me. I also like to draw for other people.

These are some of my sketches. I just recently started sketching lions, so that is why they are the worst. I do not mind constructive critisizm. The last picture is the one I am doing right NOW!

 

[HKG]

Entry #1
I make feather earrings as a hobby.

These are some of the ones I've made.

 

[HappyClucker7]

Entry #1

I really like to draw. I have been drawing my whole life, but I only got serious about 5 years ago. I even took a drawing course at my college.
I recently started getting into ink drawings as well, and realized that I actually really enjoy that.
Here are a couple of my most recent drawings.

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

One of my hobbies is Photography. I focus mainly on Chicken Photography, though I also do car, scenery, bird, wildlife, people, birth, wedding, and newspaper.

• What is it that you love about this hobby?

I love taking pictures of my hens and looking back at them later in life. I also enjoy playing around with editing the pictures too.

• When do you do the Hobby?

Sometimes, I have certain times of the years when I do 'Photo Shoots'. An eggsample of that is Fall Photos. That's when I take certain chickens, bring them under my favorite Maple trees, and take pictures of them in the fall leaves.

• What sacrifices do you make to be able to practice your hobby?

I discovered that I was missing some good memory moments with my photography, and only was focusing on getting a good picture. Now, I try to enjoy the memories over the good pictures.

• Are you an amateur? An adept? An expert?

I'm working towards expert, though I'm not fully professional yet.

• Are you lucky enough that this hobby is part of your job/income?

No. Not yet.

A picture of Aundria for Fall Photos 2021:

 

[BDutch]

#1
My biggest hobby at the moment is: Renovating a house. My DD (delightful daughter and SIL ( smuck in law) bought a beautiful old house with lots of flaws. It was poorly insulated, had old pipes and electricity a very old tiny bathroom and a small kitchen. First we stripped almost everything and started to rebuild it with a help of a plumber*, electric engineer, a construction worker, a window and door men, and an expert who was teaching us how to insulate a wall with wood fiber blankets and finish it with clay. A tiler** wasn’t available so…

My DD decided that I could tile the bathroom. Right now I'm getting the bathroom ready so they can finally shower in their own house next weekend.

This is me, some weeks ago. Cutting the heavy floor tiles for the bathroom floor.
And the result (so far).

* A real plumber comes Thursday to assemble the shower mixer, the shower and ventilation unit.

** In the Netherlands you have to wait for approximately 6 - 8 months to make an work appointment with a professional tiler.

p.s. thnx @PippinTheChicken