I've never done it personally, but I've read that some people when cleaning their fans to prepare to mount them actually separate the feathers to clean off as much meat as possible. If I recall, they just pin the feathers back in the order they are supposed to be in and use a glue gun or bondo to hold them together. I hope you are able to salvage your trophies. I still have the fan (and beard) from the first bird I shot, but unfortunately I didn't know what to do with it, so I kept it folded up and salted it. I didn't realize it would dry and stay in that position. One day I'm going to try to soak it and relax the feathers to make a proper mount.