Need help with breed and gender 7 weeks old

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Already made a post about my experience and review of the Meyers Hatchery Bargain Day old chicks. We had 5 "black", 5 "brown" and 5 "yellow" one day old chickens. The yellow baby chickens have feathered legs and 2 of them have 5 toes. The rest of the shipment has clean legs and 4 toes. We have been able to identify following breeds:
3 Light Brahma (2 roosters, 1 hen)
2 Salmon Favorelle (1 rooster, 1 hen)
1 Blue laced Wyondotte hen

Here are the ones which we are not sure and hope you can tell us what breed and gender or confirm. We are doing it for the first time.
Partridge Penedesenca hen (picture 1 and 2)
Welsummer hen (picture 3 and 4) - we got 2 of them and they look identical
Mottled Houdan hen (picture 5 and 6)
Silver Laced Wyondotte (picture 7 to 9)
2 New Hampshire hens (picture 10 to 12)
2 ? Meyer Hatchery Egger??? (picture 13 to

The mottled Houdan is the smallest of all while one of the Black (Meyer Eggers?) ones is the largest.
Sorry for any other one in the background. They were all overly excited to take a pine shaving bath.
 

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Mottled Houdan hen (picture 5 and 6)
Mottled, yes.
Female, probably.
Houdan, no. A Houdan should have a crest and a v-shaped comb. That bird has a single comb and no crest.

I think it's either a Mottled Ancona or an Exchequer Leghorn:
https://meyerhatchery.com/products/Mottled-Ancona-Day-Old-Chicks-p186406557
https://meyerhatchery.com/products/Exchequer-Leghorn-Day-Old-Chicks-p212601709

I have no idea how to tell those two breeds apart (black/white mottled coloring, single combs, yellow legs, white earlobes at maturity, lay white eggs, mature weights close enough that size differences won't be obvious.)
 
Mottled, yes.
Female, probably.
Houdan, no. A Houdan should have a crest and a v-shaped comb. That bird has a single comb and no crest.

I think it's either a Mottled Ancona or an Exchequer Leghorn:
https://meyerhatchery.com/products/Mottled-Ancona-Day-Old-Chicks-p186406557
https://meyerhatchery.com/products/Exchequer-Leghorn-Day-Old-Chicks-p212601709

I have no idea how to tell those two breeds apart (black/white mottled coloring, single combs, yellow legs, white earlobes at maturity, lay white eggs, mature weights close enough that size differences won't be obvious.)
Thank you. The comb is still pale in color that is why I go for hen. I agree something mottled. I guess it will be a keeper to see what it will be. No matter what it is a white egg layer what I want to add to the flock.
 
Thank you.

I guess we will keep picture 5&6 to see what it will be. Where we got the chickens from they do not have Java but the other breeds. I remember the chicken was yellow with a black line from the head to the tail. No matter what breed it is a white egg layer and we like to add that to our flock.

SLW will we wait to see if pullet or cockerel.

12 will we see if they are olive eggers. We suspect the Meyer Lakeside Egger and one pullet and 1 cockerel. Green eggs will be Olive egger and blue would be Meyer Lakeside Egger.
 
Mottled, yes.
Female, probably.
Houdan, no. A Houdan should have a crest and a v-shaped comb. That bird has a single comb and no crest.

I think it's either a Mottled Ancona or an Exchequer Leghorn:
https://meyerhatchery.com/products/Mottled-Ancona-Day-Old-Chicks-p186406557
https://meyerhatchery.com/products/Exchequer-Leghorn-Day-Old-Chicks-p212601709

I have no idea how to tell those two breeds apart (black/white mottled coloring, single combs, yellow legs, white earlobes at maturity, lay white eggs, mature weights close enough that size differences won't be obvious.)
Agree, was thinking the same thing.
 
Here an update. First 3 pictures are of the SLW. Would be great if pullet.

Next 2 pictures is the suspected Cuckoo Marans / Meyers Lakeside easter egger which I think is a pullet and then I have 2 pictures what I think is going to be the rooster. One has round tail feathers the other has pointy. Both have no waddles and their eyes turning orange.
The next 2 pictures needs confirmation it is going to be a roo.
All birds shown are definitely cockerels
 
Here an update. First 3 pictures are of the SLW. Would be great if pullet.

Next 2 pictures is the suspected Cuckoo Marans / Meyers Lakeside easter egger which I think is a pullet and then I have 2 pictures what I think is going to be the rooster. One has round tail feathers the other has pointy. Both have no waddles and their eyes turning orange.
The next 2 pictures needs confirmation it is going to be a roo.
I think the photos posted in a different order than you listed them here.

But since I see that each photo has a label, I'll refer to them that way.

The photos labeled "Roo 1" and "Roo 2" look male to me.

The photos of the Silver Laced Wyandotte look male to me. I think I see pointy saddle feathers coming in, but it's always hard for me to be sure on breeds with patterning in the feathers (am I seeing pointed feathers, or just pointed lines inside the feathers?)

I'm pretty sure "Meyer Roo" and "Meyer Pullet 1" are the same gender as each other, not one of each. I'm leaning male (given how red the combs are at that young age), but not positive.
 
Thank you. I am not sure about the SLW either and it is also hard to tell for me with the pattern.

The Meyer EE does not have any pictures of a rooster on their side and it is unknown what breeds they use for creating them. They are crested, bearded, and have barred feathering and lay blue eggs. Based on the tail feathers was I thinking I have a pullet and the other is a roo. The roo is also the biggest of all and has bigger legs then the other.
I don't think they are Cuckoo Marans since they have no waddles.
 

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