I should have mentioned the picture of mom was a couple days after laying but I didn't lol. She's almost gray in person, and I also forgot to mention the exact same pairing was redone and she laid 51 days ago and they're due to pip any day now. I agree with you tho 100% I've just been seeing alot of stuff about fire sometimes causing pattern reduction and banding almost like enchi does, so it got me wondering whether or not the mom has fire in her which would be my best case scenario however I'm realistic and believe them to just be exactly what you described.