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As a general rule, a Mottled pullet that is well marked will be overmarked as a hen. Most of your Mottled breeders, show hens. That's when you will really know how well marked they are.
Also, no offense to the Mottled breeders, but it's hard to find a Mottled that even comes close to being correctly marked. The feathers are supposed to be marked with a white teardrop shape at the ends of the feathers and there are supposed to be a certain number of feathers marked that way depending upon the section of plumage (i.e., breast, back etc). Some of the breeders are very close, but many of the Mottleds are just Black birds with white splotches, or even a completely white feather in there amongst the black. Refer to the SOP for a complete description. The Mottled Ancona, if you can find a good one, demonstrate the pattern the best. We had a Mottled Cornish at our fall show last year that was very well marked and was Best AOCCL.