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At what age do chickens molt (lose feathers/natural process)? Chickens will molt at about 18 months of age. Molting is where they lose all or some of their feathers and stop producing eggs. This is a natural shedding of feathers. Molting may take 2 to 4 months. Laying will resume when molt is over, but may not be as good as before molt process.
Feathers are made of 80-85% protein; therefore, their production uses almost all the protein consumed by the chicken. This causes the hens to stop, reduce size or reduce quantity of egg production during the moulting season, as protein availability is scarce. To aid your chickens during the moulting months it is essential that you increase the right forms of protein in their diet.