Please help identify these EEs, SLWs & GLWs

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I just got these chicks today, and was wondering if you can tell the breeds of these chicks at being only a few days old.
I know that the "golden yellow" chicks are all Red Stars, but it's the other dark chicks that I'm wondering about.

This is the whole batch of 12 chicks:
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The two cuties in the middle: EE (closest one) & GLW?
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These next two photos- Are these EEs? But, they look to have single combs?
They kind of have the"chipmunk-looking" coloring on their wings.
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Next two photos - GLWs in back & SLWs in front? These seem to have rose combs.
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If another specific photo would help, I can take more. Just let me know what would be the best shot for identifing them.
Thanks.
 
Yup, the weird marbled face brown ones are Gold Laced Wyandottes - All the wyandottes have rose combs.

The EEs should be the chipmunk ones, but those don't look like EEs. . . They all have yellow legs and are uniform, and they have single combs. . . They're probably brown leghorns.

Gold Laced Wyandottes should be black and grey marbled with sometimes a hint of brown on the face.
 
Okay, here's the thing. I combined an order with someone else who was ordering their chicks through McMurray Hatchery. Some of the chicks were marked, as requested, but the person who I ordered with was the one who picked the chicks and sorted them out. So, I just picked them up from him. Here's the list of the chicks that were ordered:

2 Buff Laced Polish Males
2 Speckled Sussex Males
2 Single Comb Brown Leghorns Males
30 Cornish Rock St. Run
2 Buff Laced Polish Females
2 Golden Wyandotte Females
8 Araucana Females
5 Partridge Females
2 Silver Laced Wyandotte Females
10 Black Australorp Females
2 Speckled Sussex Females
5 Red Star Females
10 White Leghord Females
2 Single Comb Brown Leghorn Females

Of course, there were some DOA and some that were sick that could have been the ones that I wanted.

So, in that case, they could be brown leghorns, but many of the other chicks in the order looked quite similar to these chicks that appear to be leghorns.
He did say that if we got the wrong ones, we could always trade, if he ended up with the ones I wanted. But, I figure that the sooner I find out whether I have the right ones, or not, the better, since they'll have to be reintroduced to each other.
 
Nah those are Brown Leghorns. . . The Easter Eggers should have little puffy cheeks and throats or green or grey colored legs. Also they usually have pea combs. Another thing to look for are white or creamy colored ones. . . Since EEs are crosses you could be looking for anything.
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- But those chipmunks you got are Leghorns.
 

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