Molting Muscovy?

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Goon 1, last seen in, “Help, my broody Muscovy hen has lost her marbles!”, is now populating the yard with white feathers. She’s had no trauma, there’s no drake, no one is picking on her, she looks just about the same, and she is acting entirely normally. Is it too early for molting, or does anyone else have molting Muscovies already? Her sister and Daphne are definitely not molting, but Goon 1 has always done her own thing at her own time. Her feathers are of a different type to those of her sister - think finer and fluffier, not unlike those long draping saddle feathers that roosters get, rather that the tight and neat rounded feathers that her sister has. Anyways, I’ll get updated pictures this afternoon, but I thought I’d check in here first!
 
Goon 1, last seen in, “Help, my broody Muscovy hen has lost her marbles!”, is now populating the yard with white feathers. She’s had no trauma, there’s no drake, no one is picking on her, she looks just about the same, and she is acting entirely normally. Is it too early for molting, or does anyone else have molting Muscovies already? Her sister and Daphne are definitely not molting, but Goon 1 has always done her own thing at her own time. Her feathers are of a different type to those of her sister - think finer and fluffier, not unlike those long draping saddle feathers that roosters get, rather that the tight and neat rounded feathers that her sister has. Anyways, I’ll get updated pictures this afternoon, but I thought I’d check in here first!
I was just doing some research on molting right before I got on here. I've been noticing feathers everywhere in my yard the last couple of days. Then this morning I went to feed, change water and change water in their pool and it was full of feathers so I'm very curious
 

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