well ....... i was wondering when the next time the het-pied marker subject would be brought up. Just so the marker can be understod more clearly i have to say , i have never sean a het pied from 100% het pied parents( ex. 100% het pied father normal mother) be born, have markers and not prove. This is not to say that a few without markers wont prove because they will. So to put this in a nut shell, if your buying het pieds, and one of the parents wasent a homozygous pied, ask for belly pics before buying those 50% poss het pieds youll be glad u did. Oh ya and dont go lookin for het pied markers in a bunch of captive hatch babies, youll end up with a bunch of normals and wish u hadent.