What constitutes motling in lavender orps?

[scbatz33]

Ok orp experts....I hatched out this baby the other day from my lav project roo and either a lav hen or lav carrying black hen. It has flesh colored legs and beak. It's down in very pale cream with a lav spot on its head and one large spot on its back.

What do you think? Mottled? Defective? Something all together different?

 

[hinkjc]

They are mottled. We had mentioned quite some time ago that we identified mottling in our lavender project. There is a page on it on our web site that shows how they feather in (both black and lavender). There are also numerous posts on here discussing it if you do a search.