I mixed up my chickens...

We originally had 9. 3 are roos and we either lost one of them or a BSL. They outgrew the 8x10 coop and we lost a few to pecking 2 were Americaunas. When we started out everybody around here told us to get twice as many as we wanted because that's about what would survive. We wanted about 15 hens (3 BCM, 3 RIR, 3 BS, 3 Americaunas) and about half would be roos. We ended up with 59 total. Lost 2 to a snake, and 4 or 5 to pecking. When we brought them home they fit in a big shoe box. Now we are struggling to keep up with enough space to keep them from pecking each other. We recently added a 10x16 run and pulled 18 roos out to roam the yard. We put the hens in the coop at night and the roos in the run. We got them mid-April so they should be laying soon. We used medicated starter for the first 4 weeks, since then no medication. They are right at 24 weeks now
 
Went out and did inventory.

Hens: 5 americaunas, 10 Black Sex Link/Black Copper Marans, 14 Buff Orpington (2 could be roos with small comb) 2 RIR (1still not sure hen or roo).

Started with 59 total (and 6 turkeys...only one of them left, but I'm sure he's the huge one that looks like a turkey)

Roosters:5 RIR, 9 Buff Orpington (not 100% sure on a couple), 3 BCM, 3 Americaunas, 2 BSL.
 
If you started out with 9 Marans and 3 are roos and you may have lost one that means you have 5-6 Marans pullets left. In those pics none of them fully stand out to me as Marans so it is a tough one. It may be pssible that the Marans are either mixed or not good quality or I just cant ID Marans yet lol though I have do own Marans and yours dont look like mine. Are they laying yet? If so do you get dark eggs?
 

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