Are these mixes instead of Cream Legbars?

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I hatched these Cream Legbar chicks from a breeder. They are supposed to be 100% legbar from the Jill Rees and GFF 2013-14 lines. However, three of the five that hatched are very light and don’t have as much of a down “crest” as the two darker chicks. They aren’t recessive white- they have darker wing feathers. I asked the breeder and they said that the Jill Rees line throws light chicks. However, I’ve researched and haven’t seen pictures as light as these. Does anyone have any input? 2/3 light chicks hatched from green eggs (consistent with Jill Rees). The other hatched from a blue egg. Thank you!
 

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Hmm the chicks do not look like my cream legbar-this is what mine looked like as a chick.
 

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I should add that one of the darker chicks has very poor autosexing qualities as it has a head spot but is feathering in with pullet colors. One of the lighter chicks I’m sure is male but the other two are up in the air. Thank you!
 

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