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Today I noticed it has a few faint white spots on it's back also... where all of the down was black. It is probably just black, but I wonder, could this be a sign of hidden mottled genes???

Are Orloffs in the genetic make-up of Ameraucanas????

Also...Jean... this one came out of that extremely pointy long egg. I think (am pretty sure) it came out of a BL marked egg

Still waiting on my camera to be repaired and shipped back... this is the best pic I could get.. I hope you can see what I mean about the mottling....

Hey Jean..... Yeah, she has those white tips on the wings..... but her feathers on her neck and breast are mostly dark with a white tip or spot. Seriously.... they look like the feathers on this bird. Of course.... she is not fully feathered yet! LOL It looks like it had a hard time getting...

Hmm... re-reading the posts..... are you referring to the white chest etc? I know that those will moult out to black in a black chick.... my other blacks have white bellies and chests, but all of their feathers are coming in solid. Houdinis feathers remind me of my Mille when her spots started...

Well, ya, I had thought that was the case as my other Splashes are typical ...... it is just those white blobbed feathers that have me wondering. All of my blues and blacks have solid colored feathers coming in. So she will grow out of it eh?

Here is a not-so-good pic Here's another I thought she was blue... and then I assumed she was black because of how dark the feathers in her wings were coming in... but now with the white spots???? These were taken 2 and 3 days old...... I don't have any new shots yet, though I will try...

Some clarification.... I have a chick that hatched that I thought was black..... but the beak is mottled and the legs look like my other blue chicks. However.... wing feathers are coming in black mostly, with some white... and ALL of the breast feathers etc are coming in dark with a white tip...