After two years at Weber, Marriott felt it was time for him to transfer to the University of Utah. To earn money for tuition, he took a job selling woolen underwear to lumberjacks in the Pacific Northwest. During Marriott's senior year at the University of Utah, an A&W root beer stand opened in Salt Lake City. Impressed by its success and remembering his experience as a missionary, Marriott purchased the Washington-area A&W franchise.
Feathers are 85% protein so when birds moult, replacing their feathers, laying hens will usually stop producing eggs. Eggs are made up mainly of protein and it is too much for a hen to produce new feathers as well as eggs. Pure breeds usually take longer to moult than hybrid hens. Occasionally hens will lay the odd egg during the moult but most will take a break. When a hen is going to moult, her plumage will take on a very dull appearance. It normally takes about 6 weeks for a young healthy pure breed hen to complete a moult.
Beginning at about 30 to 40 days of age, the youngster begins the first full molt. Each of the feathers is completely replaced in about 10/15 days. Roughly in about 150/170 days or about 5 or 6 months a young dove will have completed its post juvenile molt.For all practical purposes, from then on the feathers are the same as those of an adult bird.ach of the feathers is completely replaced in about 10/15 days. Roughly in about 150/170 days or about 5 or 6 months a young dove will have completed its post juvenile molt. For all practical purposes, from then on the feathers are the same as those of an adult bird.