Mystery chicks: cochins? red sex links? EEs? any ideas? Pic heavy

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I bought these chicks earlier this month but I don't know exactly how old they are. They already had some feathers when I got them. I have another brood box full of pullets that I ordered from MPC and they were a day old when I got them and much, much smaller than these TSC chicks, so I'm hoping they're old enough some of you chicken experts might be able to tell me something (anything!) about them.

I have no idea what some of these are, but I've taken guesses as best I could. I know NOTHING about sexing chicks, but if anyone can tell I'm definitely interested in that as well.

I realize this is ton of pictures. Sorry! I thought maybe the more angles the better.

To start I have three assorted bantams which were straight run.

This one looked exactly like a chipmunk when I first got it. Not so much anymore though.
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The next two bantams seem to be the same kind of chicken, just different colors of it. Cochin's perhaps?
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Next we have three assorted standard size "pullets". I'm skeptical, but I'm not sure what's making me feel that way. I hope they really are pullets though. Two appear to be the same type, and the third I have no idea. I figure it might be hard to tell as she's just a white chicken, but I do have white leghorns and they didn't look like her as babies. So...

Longest neck of all my birds!!
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Similiar chick:
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White chicken:
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I'm just as clueless, being new to all this. But if I had to guess, I would say: a partridge rock, a couple of cochins, a couple of red sex-links and a leghorn. They look like the chicks I got last year from TSC. They were supposed to be day old chicks, but the guy said that they had been there almost a week. They already had some feathers.
I must say though, those are beautiful pictures. How did you manage to get so many perfect shots? I am truly impressed (and jealous, lol).
 
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Pure luck on the photos! lol

You're probably right about the white one being a leghorn. The only thing is I have three white leghorn pullets who are older and their tail feathers are different. Hers are fluffier and point down, whereas the older ones tail feathers stick straight out. Not a huge difference though, and it could even be that the older three are sisters so it could just be a genetic thing for them and not a breed characteristic. Or it could even be the age difference. Oh well, boring but I'll have more eggs.

Thanks for the guesses on the others. I'm looking them up now.
 
I am not sure of your first unless I had which breeds possible. It looks just like a
phoenix chick but if i knew what breeds to choose from i could guess better. Your next ones are
cochins and your red with white are red sexlinks or Isa Browns and it looks as if your white is either a
sexlink roo or a leghorn. Hope that help som.
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Yeah, the first one was just labeled "assorted bantams". I wouldn't even know what to suggest. I was hoping it's an EE... but I don't know now.

The white one was labeled "assorted pullets" but it's tractor supply
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so I suppose a sexlink roo would not be impossible. I'm thinking it's probably a leghorn though. Did you mean it was a roo either way, or only a roo if it was a sex link?
 
Anyone else want to take a guess? I'm really curious about the first one!

Also, can anyone sex the three bantams?
 

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