With all this said, I have never seen a normal with "het pied markers". I'm not saying all hets have belly striping, but it's NOT JUST THE STRIPING. As many have mentioned, certain lines of het pieds carry the markers and others don't. It's not as important in today's market as it was say, 5-10 years ago when more possible hets were being sold....and for high prices. The line I have been breeding for the last several years has solid classic markers. Belly stripes and yellow smudging on 100% of my hets and the appropriate percentages of possible hets. There is a reason Pete Kahl held back a large number of possible hets back when he started breeding pieds. He was, and still is the largest producer of pieds in the industry.