Chicken breed?

SelfSufficientMe

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Hi all. I posted a short while back about some chicks that I had purchased. I purchased four varieties of pullets and somebody else took a portion of the chicks and we thought we had them divided up appropriately. If that were the case then I would have ended up with two blue laced red Wyandotte, two welsummers, two cream legbars. and two olive eggers. One olive Egger was very apparent and was a buff color. The two Wyandottes are very obvious as well. That leaves me with five chickens that I am not 100% sure what the breed is. I’ve read that welsummers tend to have a V-shaped on their head and if that is the case then I definitely have two welsummers. I have posted five images. One of each of the five chicks. Could anybody give me some assurance that I have in fact ended up with the breeds that I wanted? Thank you. Perhaps let me know what you think each chick is according to photo #?🙂
 

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Welsummer chicks, and Cream Legbar pullet chicks, should look almost identical. Some Olive Egger chicks may match them too.

As they grow, Cream Legbar chicks will develop a crest on their head and some differences in the color of their feathers, which will let you tell them apart from the Welsummers. Olive Eggers can look like either of those breeds or completely different, so they are harder.

Both Cream Legbars and Welsummers are supposed to have light-colored feet and lower legs (like chicks 3 and 4).
Chick 5 definitely has dark feet, so probably an Olive Egger.
I think I see dark feet on chicks 1 and 2, so either I am being misled by the photo, or they are Olive Eggers, or they have the wrong foot color for their breed.

You can check comb type too: Cream Legbars and Welsummers have single combs, and Olive Eggers sometimes do. But if you find any chicks with pea combs, they must be Olive Eggers.
 
Welsummer chicks, and Cream Legbar pullet chicks, should look almost identical. Some Olive Egger chicks may match them too.

As they grow, Cream Legbar chicks will develop a crest on their head and some differences in the color of their feathers, which will let you tell them apart from the Welsummers. Olive Eggers can look like either of those breeds or completely different, so they are harder.

Both Cream Legbars and Welsummers are supposed to have light-colored feet and lower legs (like chicks 3 and 4).
Chick 5 definitely has dark feet, so probably an Olive Egger.
I think I see dark feet on chicks 1 and 2, so either I am being misled by the photo, or they are Olive Eggers, or they have the wrong foot color for their breed.

You can check comb type too: Cream Legbars and Welsummers have single combs, and Olive Eggers sometimes do. But if you find any chicks with pea combs, they must be Olive Eggers.
Thank you. Super helpful. I’ll update as they grow🙂

Almost 3 weeks old now. I do not have any recent pics but the guy who bought the rest of the chicks sent me some yesterday. He SUPPOSEDLY ended up with 3 of each. Welsummer, cream legbar, blue laced gold Wyandotte, and three starlights. Only one of this starlights is a buff.
 

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