Muscovy duck, turning white

[cassandrapettersson]

Maybe this is a coming of age thing, maybe something is happening to her, I have no idea... So here I am!
My muscovy female is turning white, she's just becoming more and more white. I didn't see anything wrong with it but my friends said I should probably search it up...
I geniuenly think it's just a molt, but now I'm worried... sooo

She's the one in the bucket (2 months)

Her now!

 

[ProudRedneck]

How old is she now vs the picture when she was 2 months old? Perhaps a closer picture of her face would be helpful in case it's not just color genetics coming through.

I see you have white Muscovies in the background. @Canadian Wind what's your thoughts?

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

This is normal. Pied will lighten up yearly sometimes, and white heads will have dark heads initially than get more white as they mature.

 

[cassandrapettersson]

How old is she now vs the picture when she was 2 months old? Perhaps a closer picture of her face would be helpful in case it's not just color genetics coming through.

I see you have white Muscovies in the background. @Canadian Wind what's your thoughts?

4 months, the white ones aren't related to the other duck though
It's hard to get a closer picture, she hates me... But i'll try

 

[Canadian Wind]

This is normal. Pied will lighten up yearly sometimes, and white heads will have dark heads initially than get more white as they mature.

Couldn't have said it better myself! I had a black pied with no hint of white on her head around this time last year. By this Spring, her whole head was white!

I currently have a few juveniles going through the same thing, too.

 

[Daphne_loves_mealworms]

She’s beautiful and entirely normal! Here’s what my pied girl looked like at 6 weeks, 4 months, and now (4 and 1/2 years).