Australorp Males: Who to keep/cull

I'm partial to Green. He has excellent length and depth and doesn't carry his tail too high. Yes, his comb is a little small but at least it is neat. He looks a bit younger than the others, is that right? Considering he looks that nice at that age, he's quite good. I'm sure his comb will grow.
Blue is too short and his tail is too high.
Now Yellow has beautiful plumage, but look at that wing. He should be carrying it more horizontally.
White looks good but it's hard to tell because the photo is being taken at a different angle. His breast looks very shallow from this angle and is his tail correct or would it be too high in profile? His comb serrations are irregular but it's not too bad. Australorps should have dark brown eyes. Are his lighter than the others or is it simply because he is in the sunlight?
Thank you so much for the feedback! Lol now I wish I had shown more pictures before we culled the first six! Lol. Yes, green is a little bit younger, hatched on the 4th of July. He stood out to me as the best of his hatch, which resulted in mostly males. I can take more pics though tomorrow or Friday though for another look. That would be amazing!
 
Thank you so much for the feedback! Lol now I wish I had shown more pictures before we culled the first six! Lol. Yes, green is a little bit younger, hatched on the 4th of July. He stood out to me as the best of his hatch, which resulted in mostly males. I can take more pics though tomorrow or Friday though for another look. That would be amazing!
@Amer Is BYC being weird that you've noticed? I got another profile pic of White, and face shots of White and Green, but nothing is populating when I go to attach an image...
 
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First two are White, last three are Green. I wasn't able to get the squarest profile shot of him for the time being but anyway.
 
I like yellow. On some of the others, the backs look too long and flat to me for show quality Australorps. White is pretty good except for the comb. Their backs should also be broad over the entire length of their bodies. That's important to judges.
 

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