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@CassieReeves , you might want to go to the Hoover hatchery website and see if any of their dark-brown layer breeds resemble your pullets. Hatcheries have been creating their own "designer breeds" the past several years, and it is possible one of your pullets in your last 9 pictures is one of...

That one appears to be an Easter Egger. (Notice the blue/slate-colored legs. ) The cuckoo Marans is the black and white one with pink-white feet in the pictures you posted on page one.

I hope I copied these links correctly. If not, you can go to the Hoover hatchery website and get more info on all your breeds. Hoover carries French cuckoo Marans in addition to "regular" cuckoo Marans. The French variety has feathered legs, but both have pinkish-white legs. The website says...

The cuckoo Marans is the black and white pullet in the first 5 pictures. They have pinkish white feet. Not all Marans have feathered feet. (The breed is called Marans even when only referring to one bird.)

Unfortunately, no. And cuckoo Marans usually lay lighter brown eggs than the other Marans varieties. They are a nice medium brown, but usually not nearly as dark as the hatcheries advertise. However, my cuckoo Marans hens came from Privett hatchery; it is possible that the Hoovers line is...