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If all the chicks are doing that, and their parents did as well, then it certainly sounds like you have them pure for the mottling gene. Maybe find a mottled chicken that shows excessive amounts of white (some other breed), and mix it in? That might bring in whatever genes allow them to express...

When you hatch chicks, do they all have mottling when young? Or are you getting some with mottling and some without? I'm wondering whether you are dealing with birds that are pure for the mottling gene but are not expressing it very much, or whether you have some birds with one mottling gene or...

The typical laced Wyandottes have single lacing (one black* edge on each feather). Double lacing is two black edges on each feather. *Black edges are the most common, but various genes can change them to blue, splash, white, or chocolate. I have no idea whether the lacing affects the mottling.

In that case, I think they're both male. OK, that makes sense, if you are trying not to let other people raise chicks from this project. I gather you don't care whether they hatch eggs from those hens with a different rooster?

Gender guesses: first photo, maybe male but can't be sure from this angle second photo, most likely male third and fourth photos, definitely male If you want to sell the adult hens, why wait?

Those sound like a excellent reasons not to keep the splashes :)

Do you want blues? Because if you have good blacks, it might be worth keeping one or two splashes to cross with them to get more blues. It could also make sense to keep a splash bird if it had some particular trait (like comb type) that you couldn't find in the other colors you currently have...

Sorry, I don't know, but it definitely looks interesting.