I'm experiencing my first hard molt, but it's a natural process, and all chickens do it to some extent. It's like strands of your hair coming out and being replaced by new ones. Same thing with feathers. I have been giving my girls extra protein, which should help. The girl at the feed store...
I have 2 chickens, 1 of which is molting big time. She doesn't look quite as scraggly, but she's lost so many feathers I thought something had gotten one of them. She's lost most of her tail feathers, and underneath the top feathers on her back there are rows and rows of little feathers coming...