the_peanut_coop
🦌Optimist🦌
Am I reading this right? Up to 50 pictures of the same moulting bird?
Ended Post Your Best (Worst) Chicken Molt Pictures - 2023
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Yes, post away!
the_peanut_coop
🦌Optimist🦌
Hahah, one of my girls is just getting startedYes, post away!
we'll see how bad she gets.- Thread starter
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Can't wait to see her!!Hahah, one of my girls is just getting started
My Very First 6 Chickens
*~* Livin', Lovin', Learnin' *~*
My hens would kill me if I ever posted pics of them looking their worst. Its pitiful and they say why do it to us?? Lol jk jk
Yes, post away!
My Very First 6 Chickens
*~* Livin', Lovin', Learnin' *~*
I have 8million chicken pics and only 2 molting pics. They look so pitiful I dont care to remember
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❤ Thanks for entering!I have 8million chicken pics and only 2 molting pics. They look so pitiful I dont care to remember
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Still several months on this contest yet, so plenty of time to get photos of your featherless birds!
I know, I feel so guilty taking pictures of my birds at their ugliestMy hens would kill me if I ever posted pics of them looking their worst. Its pitiful and they say why do it to us?? Lol jk jk
My Very First 6 Chickens
*~* Livin', Lovin', Learnin' *~*
I didnt know it was a contest! Go figure, i got a couple lookin' molty too❤ Thanks for entering!
Still several months on this contest yet, so plenty of time to get photos of your featherless birds!
not certain thats the contest I'd wanna win tho, lol. So fun! 
Granny23
Songster
Here is my 2 yr old Barred Rock Cookie. It was winter here and freezing because we got unheard of snow!View attachment 3585527For more information on your flock's annual molt, see here:
This contest is brought to you by our BYC Sponsors
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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!
How to enter
- 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:
Good luck to you and your ugly... er.. molting chickens!
- An entry is up to 50 pictures of your molting chicken. Please include:
- Name
- Breed
- Chickens only. All other fowl can enter the Other Fowl Molt Contest here.
- If you have more than one chicken to enter, do them in separate posts.
- 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.).
- Molt pictures submitted to our previous molt contests are not eligible for this contest.
- Images that have been resized might be disqualified if they are too small to judge.
- ALL pictures MUST be uploaded to BYC and not hosted on other image sites, personal websites, etc.
- No screenshots, watermarks, date stamps, text, etc., on the photo. No collages.
- The photo needs to have been taken by you.
- You cannot use a photo that won an award in another BYC-sponsored contest.
- High-quality images are recommended. Basic editing, such as cropping and other subtle changes, are allowed.
- ALL photos MUST be uploaded to BYC and not hosted on other image sites, personal websites, etc.
- Prizes are limited to one per person per contest.
- All BYC rules apply: Terms and rules
- Accepting entries through December 31st, 2023, 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), and the following prizes will be awarded to both categories.
BYC Store Gift Certificates are available to winners that reside in the United States. If the winners are outside of the United States, they will be awarded the PFM instead.
Place Prize 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.
2022 Frizzle Winners
From left to right, photos by @gimmie birdies, @taprock, & @kurby22
See more pictures here.
2022 Non-Frizzle Winners
From left to right, photos by: @Poultrybonkers, @HorseGirlAbby, @Artichoke Lover, @pipdzipdnreadytogo, @Judy Chicken Mama, @Paradisewife, @cluckingheck, @OneMountainAcres, & @Miss Cheep
See more pictures here.
2021 Winners
From left to right: @The Moonshiner , @Naisha, @higginskzoo, @locoyosh, @SteveE, @Wildgrass, & @wolfinator
See more pictures here.
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@Aussie-Chookmum
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@Dorothy Dandurand
See more pictures here.
Previous Molt Contests
It was her first ever molt.
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