Open Contest Poultry Shaming Contest—Official 2025 BYC Mini-Contest

[TwoCrows]

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Poultry Shaming Contest!
Official 2025 BYC Mini-Contest
Ends November 30th, 2025​

This is a RANDOM Winner Contest...
We will use a random number generator to select our winners for this Contest.

Are you a poultry owner with a troublemaker on your hands? Does your Chicken hen eat her eggs, is your Duck an escape artist, does your Goose scream or does your Turkey insist on straying where they shouldn't? You're not alone! Join our Poultry Shaming Contest and shame your feathered friend in a hilarious way for a chance to win!

It's simple enough to shame your poultry. It only takes a chicken, duck, turkey, peafowl, or quail. etc. that refuses to play by the rules. Let's see you shame your poultry for a chance to win a prize!

There will be at least three winners, and each will receive a copy of the beautiful BYC 2026 Calendar! If entries warrant, we will have two categories—landfowl & waterfowl—with prizes for both.

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

To increase your chances of winning, please read the rules before entering.
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Rules:

1. Four entries per member. An entry is *one* picture of your domestic poultry being shamed. One entry per post, please.
2. Shaming of all domestic poultry allowed (chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, peafowl, guinea fowl, quail, pheasants, etc.).
3. Accepted shaming formats:
   • Sign hanging from the poultry
   • Sign next to the poultry
   • Digitally added sign
   • Digitally added text
   • Text underneath or above the picture
4. The photo needs to have been taken by you.
5. You cannot use a photo that won an award in another BYC-sponsored contest.
6. ALL photos MUST be uploaded to BYC.
7. Prizes are limited to one per person per contest.
8. All BYC rules apply: Terms of Service (Rules)
9. Entries will be accepted until November 30th, 2025, at 11:59 PM Pacific Time.

Photography tips from fellow BYC members:

• Photography Tips from BYC's jolenesdad
• Photography Tips from BYC's mdees88
• Photography Tips from BYC's TudyBot

2023 Landfowl Winners

From left to right, photos by @HorseGirlAbby, @CharmingChickens, @Somewhere_In_The_Clouds, @Ponypoor, @Annie7710, @fluffycrow, & @chooki

2023 Waterfowl Winners

From left to right, photos by @fowltemptress, @beardielover3, @BelovedBirds, @Muscovy Wunda, @Quatie, @JacinLarkwell, & @Canadian Wind
2021 Winners - Click to see the larger image

From left to right, photos by @Overo Mare, @Misfits Farm 92, @locoyosh, @MochaLatte, & @maceleneo

From left to right, photos by @Skyle, @CrazyCochin, @RaspberryPie, @featherhead007, & Artichoke Lover

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

Check out the rest of the contests in the Official 2025 BYC Mini-Contests—Win One of 36 BYC 2026 Calendars! thread!

If you would like to purchase a beautiful BYC 2026 Calendar, see the 2026 BYC Calendars Are Ready for YOU! thread!

 

[TwoCrows]

These contests are brought to you by our BYC Sponsors
(click to view & support them)

Official 2025 BYC Mini-Contests
Win One of 36 BYC 2026 Calendars!
Ends on November 30th, 2025​

The Prizes!

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

Eight amazing contests to choose from!
Click on a picture or link to view the contest!​

Miss BYC Beauty Pageant
Crown the most dazzling, charming, and photogenic fowl in our community. If entries warrant, we will have two categories—landfowl & waterfowl—with prizes for both.


Mister BYC Beauty Pageant
Give our handsome and debonair male fowl a chance to shine. If entries warrant, we will have two categories—landfowl & waterfowl—with prizes for both.


Fabulous Feather Foto Contest
Zoom in on the intricate patterns and mesmerizing colors of feathered beauty.


Funny Poultry Faces & Poses Photo Contest
Have your camera at the ready to catch your flock at their most hilarious moments. If entries warrant, we will have two categories—landfowl & waterfowl—with prizes for both.


Feathered Days of Autumn, a Text-to-Image Contest
Turn fall-inspired words into creative poultry images for a chance to win.


Poultry Shaming Contest
Got a mischievous chicken, duck, or turkey? Share your funniest shaming photos or signs. If entries warrant, we will have two categories—landfowl & waterfowl—with prizes for both.


Pets with Paws Photo Contest
Show us the adorable companions that bring joy to your life (other than the poultry!)


November Nuttiness, a Random Funny Posting Contest
Post your funniest pictures, jokes, and stories to get a chance in our random number drawing for a BYC 2026 Calendar.

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If you would like to purchase a beautiful BYC 2026 Calendar, see the 2026 BYC Calendars Are Ready for YOU! thread!

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

This one is fun!

 

[TwoCrows]

Ok everyone, let's see and hear about all those naughty birds out there, I know you've got em!

 

[BoundlessLove]

Cross posting here at the suggestion of @BoundlessLove


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A fisher cat was allegedly spotted in the area which gave me the incentive to finally get all my ducks in one secure cage, previously I’ve had them split between three cages which was meant to be temporary until everyone got along, the older ducks with this years babies. Everyone’s been getting along fine for a few months now but I procrastinated, not wanting to ruin the friendly dynamic by putting them all together, but the fisher necessitated change.

The cast of shenanigan aficionados:

The older ducks

Bee: Welsh Harlequin hen, boy mom, matriarch, mom of Bramble, still looking for some missing brain cells, a little bit of a Karen.

Sunbeam: Buff drake, dad of Truffle and Bramble, dinglebrain, shy and spicy at the same time.

Truffle: Cayuga x Buff drake cross, Mr. Bombastic, the brains of the operation, has a crush on Estella.

The little girls

Estella: Rouen hen, Miss Busybody, dramatic, needs constant attention.
Avis: Black Swedish hen, just wants to love everyone, a bit shy, doing her best.
Rosebud: Rouen hen, tiny but does her own thing, independent, sweet little jellybean.

The baby

Bramble: Buff x Welsh harlequin cross drake, bashful and shy, relies on his mom for everything despite being a grown #$& man duck, can’t eat without his mom telling him to, absolute sweetie. Has started spending a little less time being his mom’s shadow and spending more time stalking his dad and older brother trying to learn how to be a drake.


WHAT WENT DOWN

Night 1:

I rounded everyone up and put them into the big secure duck cage, the palace the little girls previously had all to themselves.
Sunbeam immediately started bullying the little girls.
I was prepared for this possibility so I set up a partition, a little gate to separate the little girls from the rest.
Sunbeam started bullying Bramble.
I put Bramble in with the little girls.
The little girls are screaming because there are men in their house.
Bee is indignant that I separated her from her baby boy and screeching about her and her impressionable young child being forced to live in a shack with hussies.
Bramble is crying for his Mama. “They can literally see each other through the gate….”
Truffle is mad because Bramble is next to his girlfriend Estella.
Sunbeam doesn’t seem to care about the drama he created.

Morning:

It looks like a tornado went through the cage. Somehow at some point they managed to get the partition gate partially down, duck $&*# is dripping from the ceiling.

Night 2:

Sunbeam is better behaved so I leave the partition out.
The little girls are complaining to management about men being in their house.
Bee has taken over the girl’s nest box.
Bramble is terrified and glued to his Mama’s side.
Truffle is happy to be in with Estella.
Avis’s flabbers are gasted.
Estella is demanding to know why I would do this to them.
Rosebud found a corner for herself and won’t let anyone in it.

Morning 2:

The cage looks like some hippos threw a soiree but it’s not as bad as the previous night. The ducks are happy to be let out and be out of each others hair or feathers but I see signs that they’re starting to like each others company even if they’re loathe to admit it.”

Og post https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/house-drama.1679470/#post-28896256

Pic is Truffle, Bramble, and Bee.

View attachment 4245822

What will you caption this?

 

[TwoCrows]

Cross posting here at the suggestion of @BoundlessLove


“
A fisher cat was allegedly spotted in the area which gave me the incentive to finally get all my ducks in one secure cage, previously I’ve had them split between three cages which was meant to be temporary until everyone got along, the older ducks with this years babies. Everyone’s been getting along fine for a few months now but I procrastinated, not wanting to ruin the friendly dynamic by putting them all together, but the fisher necessitated change.

The cast of shenanigan aficionados:

The older ducks

Bee: Welsh Harlequin hen, boy mom, matriarch, mom of Bramble, still looking for some missing brain cells, a little bit of a Karen.

Sunbeam: Buff drake, dad of Truffle and Bramble, dinglebrain, shy and spicy at the same time.

Truffle: Cayuga x Buff drake cross, Mr. Bombastic, the brains of the operation, has a crush on Estella.

The little girls

Estella: Rouen hen, Miss Busybody, dramatic, needs constant attention.
Avis: Black Swedish hen, just wants to love everyone, a bit shy, doing her best.
Rosebud: Rouen hen, tiny but does her own thing, independent, sweet little jellybean.

The baby

Bramble: Buff x Welsh harlequin cross drake, bashful and shy, relies on his mom for everything despite being a grown #$& man duck, can’t eat without his mom telling him to, absolute sweetie. Has started spending a little less time being his mom’s shadow and spending more time stalking his dad and older brother trying to learn how to be a drake.


WHAT WENT DOWN

Night 1:

I rounded everyone up and put them into the big secure duck cage, the palace the little girls previously had all to themselves.
Sunbeam immediately started bullying the little girls.
I was prepared for this possibility so I set up a partition, a little gate to separate the little girls from the rest.
Sunbeam started bullying Bramble.
I put Bramble in with the little girls.
The little girls are screaming because there are men in their house.
Bee is indignant that I separated her from her baby boy and screeching about her and her impressionable young child being forced to live in a shack with hussies.
Bramble is crying for his Mama. “They can literally see each other through the gate….”
Truffle is mad because Bramble is next to his girlfriend Estella.
Sunbeam doesn’t seem to care about the drama he created.

Morning:

It looks like a tornado went through the cage. Somehow at some point they managed to get the partition gate partially down, duck $&*# is dripping from the ceiling.

Night 2:

Sunbeam is better behaved so I leave the partition out.
The little girls are complaining to management about men being in their house.
Bee has taken over the girl’s nest box.
Bramble is terrified and glued to his Mama’s side.
Truffle is happy to be in with Estella.
Avis’s flabbers are gasted.
Estella is demanding to know why I would do this to them.
Rosebud found a corner for herself and won’t let anyone in it.

Morning 2:

The cage looks like some hippos threw a soiree but it’s not as bad as the previous night. The ducks are happy to be let out and be out of each others hair or feathers but I see signs that they’re starting to like each others company even if they’re loathe to admit it.”

Og post https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/house-drama.1679470/#post-28896256

Pic is Truffle, Bramble, and Bee.

View attachment 4245822

Fun story @Goosebaby! However you need to add text to the photo or text above or below explaining their shames, check out previous winners and examples in the first post. Thanks!

 

[Goosebaby]

Fun story @Goosebaby! However you need to add text to the photo or text above or below explaining their shames, check out previous winners and examples in the first post. Thanks!

Eh, I think I’ll just op out. My post was edited by staff because I used a name and I used random symbols to censor curse words, which I just found out isn’t allowed here. Kinda takes the fun out of it and makes my whole post nonsensical and look like it’s half baked.

I’ll just delete it.

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

Eh, I think I’ll just op out. My post was edited by staff because I used a name and I used random symbols to censor curse words, which I just found out isn’t allowed here. Kinda takes the fun out of it and makes my whole post nonsensical and look like it’s half baked.

I’ll just delete it.

It's too late because you've already deleted it, but for future reference, let us know that you're withdrawing it and do not delete your post. It messes up the Spreadsheet.

 

[casportpony]

Not an entry: