Correct me if I'm wrong but, don't most Phoenixes molt every two years instead of every year? Because right now all of the birds except for my Phoenixes are molting.
no.
a phoenix by direct definition of the breed should molt every year.
But that's just what the people who wrote the book say, and many lines do, in fact all of them do if they dont have NM in them to some degree.
Most of us with them though strive to breed for longer periods between molts. To get this, some degree of non molting ( NM ) genes need to be added.
Now by "show" definition this is no longer a true phoenix, even though really it is, it just has NM genes in it.
You can tell these birds pretty quick by how long they stay in blood feathering in the tail and saddles. Just fold the feather out of the way and look for the blood filled quill. If it molts, regrows a tail and is quickly back in hard feather (it'll look white to pinkish in most colors) Then it's just a by the book phoenix.
Like I said though, most anyone who is breeding phoenix, is breeding them for tail and saddle lenght, so for the standard to condemn that is kinda silly to me. So in my opinion, for yours to still be in feather is a good thing as long as it's not hard already. Doesn't do much good to hold them 2 years if they aren't growing any more.
Catch one up and see if you still have blood feathering or not, and you'll know.
Some of my annual molters still ha vent dropped any yet, but it's getting to be that time, so wont be long.