From a feed store. What are they?

One of the blue andalusians is nearly completely black and doesn't look like any photos of blue andalusians that I can find. Could it be something else?
These 5 are about 10 weeks old.
 
What a beautiful group!
Your black chick may be a Black Austrolorpe. It depends on whether her legs are black or another color.

People were picking up the chicks all the time in my local feed store and replaced in the wrong bin.

If she's a BA, enjoy her. Mine has that classic U-snapped body as she struts.

Mary
 
She's probably a Blue Andalusian. The blue color doesn't breed true and is a diluted black anyways. Blue Andalusians are only blue 50% of the time. They can also be splash which is a double dilute as well as being black. On the bright side, you'll always be able to tell them apart :)
 
Thank you, fiberart57, I'm very happy with them (except one of my Easter Eggers has curly toes and I'm not sure what I want to do about it yet, if anything). I was thinking that the black one could have been mixed up. The legs of the two andalusians look very much the same except the black one is just a bit darker. The two act the same, good foragers and they are the first to run away from a threat.
Thanks, SequoyahFarms, I like that I can tell them apart and I think, and hope, they are both hens, so I'll keep them both.
Thanks, Fred's Hens, I'm prepared to eat the RIR but it hasn't crowed yet. I would love it if it never crowed and I could make use of him to grow some chicks for meat.
Can anyone tell if the EE's will lay blue/green or brown eggs?
 
Thanks, Fred, when he speaks he will only be telling me that he is ready for the oven. A bit sad because he is such a pretty bird, but I'll be thankful and full. I would be happy if I lived in the country and could keep a rooster.
I thought I read about a way to look at EE's comb and tell if they have the blue/green gene. But I don't know if they are pea combs or not.
 
The second from the front that is nearly black with some grey is def a BA. Looks exactly like one of mine. :)
 
One of the "blue andalusians" looks like a black australorp.
 

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