W/BW chick down

[Tailfeathers]

Here's a pic of 4 of my pullets from last year's hatch.  Honestly, I haven't been keeping track whose had the spot on their head and whose not but I do know that none of them have ever had any stripes along the top of their back.

[Mike Gilbert]

Here are photos of wheaten and blue wheaten bantam chicks hatched for Jeff Sonsalla April 20-21, 2015.   Note the variation in chick down color.   Their mothers have very good tail coloring.   Thirteen out of 14 eggs produced strong chicks, but the 14th chick hatched and was found dead in the incubator.  I think he got caught in the wire bottom.  The two photos are the same box of chicks; the coloring is due to lighting differences.