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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.
What are some possible causes for feather loss on different portions of your chickenâs body? Well, for the head feather loss, a lot of times other chickens will get into fights and this will cause feather loss, as well the annual molting process during the Fall of the year will be a factor in that, too. Now, when it comes to the back of the neck, this type of feather loss will result from over-mating and your rooster being too dominant, which can come from your chickens being locked up for too long of a time.