What John quoted is true, but at least one of the bantam pullets I had from Marti Hatchery was solid wheaten (no black at all) and by introducing the O.E. blood I was able to get female wheatens that were better in color. The tail and wing color in the females took many generations to get right, but the females I\'m breeding from now are the best I\'ve had. One is the blue wheaten pictured in my avitar, but the others are just as good. Some carry their tail too high, however, so I\'m using males with lower tails to attempt to correct that.