What Breed are these 13 week old pullets?

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Help please.
First time chicken mama here. I ordered pullets from Hoover's Hatchery in December.
I ordered
5 Hatchery Choice *Rare Breeds
5 Prairie BlueBell eggers.
5 English Orps varity pack
(The list below shows what can come from the rare hatchery choice).
15 was a lot for first time mom but I was willing.. but they sent 5 cockrels instead of pullets for my English orps 😭.
So they said theyd send more but could only send in group of 10.
So now I have fourteen (one died the day it arrived) 13 week old chickens:
5 Chocolate Orps Cockrells
4 or 5 Prarie Bluebell eggers (idk what those are the Hatchery recomended them) and
4 or 5 Hatchery Choice Rare
And ten 5 week old pullets (lavander orps and varity english orps).
This new mama has TWENTY FOUR chickens 😳.
I am finding homes for at least 4 of the 5 roos but need to know what my other pulltes are before I decide which of the nine original group I am going to keep.
☆ The pics with the 7 & 9 circled are from 2 weeks ago (couldnt get good pics of them today).
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I dont want to have so many that it burns me out too fast but I'm getting pretty attached - hubby is too.

*Hatchery Choice Rare will be any assortment of rare breeds based on availability from any bird that has a "Rare Breed" banner. The assortment will not include bantams. Breeds that could be included in this assortment: Partridge Plymouth Rock, Midnight Majesty Marans™, Sapphire Olive Egger™, Speckled Sussex, Blue Andalusian, Silver Lakenvelder, Cuckoo Marans, French Black Copper Marans, French Cuckoo Marans, French Wheaten Marans, Welsummer, Barnevelder, Prairie Bluebell Egger™, Starlight Green Egger™, Olive Egger, Salmon Faverolles, Cochins, Turkens, Blue Laced Red Wyandotte, Columbian Wyandotte, Light Brahma, Buff Brahma, Dark Brahma, Lavender Orpington.
 

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I think the numbered ones in the photos are all "Pairie Bluebell Eggers," or possibly some of the other "egger" types.

Looking through the list of possible "rare" breeds, I've ruled out all the other choices.

Your birds do not have naked necks or feathered feet, so they are definitely not Turkens, Cochins, Brahmas, or French Marans.

Looking at comb type:
Some cockerels have single combs, but you didn't number them.
#1 I can't tell if the comb is pea or rose (but her feathers are the wrong color for the Wyandottes, and they are the only rose comb breed on the list.)
#4 I can't see the comb.
I'm sure that all the other numbered birds have pea combs.
Of all the breeds on the list, only Brahmas and the "Egger" types can have pea combs, and I already ruled out Brahmas (feathered feet.)


And #2 does look like a Welsummer.
She may look like one, but she has the wrong comb type. Welsummers never have pea combs, and the #2 pullet does.
 
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It was/is to the point I didn't think Id have any problem getting rid of some of them but now it's hard to pick the ones that we can let go of.. 🙁
Whoever gets aggressive in the next few weeks. I prefer butchering horny males, to prevent any issues arising in the future. I don’t like rehoming aggressive males either, unless the new owners know exactly what they are getting themselves into. Horny males are no fun.

If none are aggressive, then yeah, the choice will be tough! Good luck! 👍🏼
Oh. My B. Looks like mine, and I can't enlarge the pics to see details.

Just ignore me then. I'll delete my comments.
No worries. I agree, it can be hard to see for sure!
 

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