Something else people tend to overlook is the yellowish-orange belly smudging that I also consider a het Pied "marker". Over the last 5 years, 100% of all hets I've produced have had it, and the correct portion of my 66% possible hets have had it.

All of my Pastle het Pieds have the smudging as well on what should be a clear white belly. This year in fact I saw one that had a completely pastel yellow belly, where the belly color was indistinguishable from the lateral and dorsal yellow. Could be from the Pastel gene, but I'm leaning more toward the pied gene.

I do however agree that not all 100% hets have the markers. I think the general rule is to look for pos. hets that have the markers. With the number of pieds being produced and the relative low cost of hets, who would consider pos. hets.
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