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You're making progress.

If her genes continue coming through there shouldn't be any problems, but anyone that has done color breeding projects knows how complex some of it can be.

I guess just poor quality mottling to start with. Usually with mottled birds it shows up as juveniles, almost disappears and in the first or second adult molt it comes back. I have a hen that was solid black for three years, but produced mottled chicks. Last fall when she molted some white...

Do you have any adults with mottling?

Looks like you're getting the mottling.

That's a reward for all the chicks hatched!

Those are some nice carcasses.

If I was close by I would take both.

You had mentioned keeping the black colored laced ones so you can see the mottling better, I agree with that choice. Perhaps when the mottling is established properly you can play with the blue color.

I admire your tenacity to see this through in order to get what you want.

I love watching your progress!

Do you know if the double lacing of the Wyandotte works against the mottling?

:wee:wee:wee Totally believable!

Is the lighter colored one mottled?

They look good, for now. It just seems like the first pictured cockerel should keep some of that mottling. You must be in kind of a suspense right now on whether they'll keep it.

Are you completely opposed to using one of the single combs if it shows mottling?

I like how you said that, sounds relaxing. :D