UPDATE: Chicks in Question :)

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I have five chicks that I need help in telling either breed or gender. They are a little over eight weeks old. I realize they may be too young yet to tell what gender, but I figured it was worth trying.
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Thank you so much for your help!
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What breeds are these?

I bought Honeysuckle from the local feed store. I don't know what breed of bantam she is though.
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Olive was also purchased at the feed store. She does have a partly crooked beak, but she eats very well, and I trim her beak when it grows too long. She is a sweet little bantam. What breed is she?
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What gender are these?

Dove was ordered as a pullet. She is the only one of our seven White Leghorns to have a pink/red comb, which is why she's in question.
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In comparison, Milk, one of the other White Leghorns, has a yellow comb .
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Lavender was ordered as a pullet. About two weeks ago, I saw 'her' trying to breed with one of the pullets. 'She' doesn't really seem like a pullet, unless EE's are generally like this???
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Lavender in comparison with Heather, the other EE
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I bought Sunflower from the local feed store as well. He/She is a Buff Brahma, although I'm not sure whether he/she is standard size or bantam.
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Lavender is a boy. I'm not positive on the leghorn, but she looks like a pullet to me. All the rest are girls.

Totally guessing on breed for Olive, but mottled Japanese maybe? The buff brahma looks like a bantam.
 
Thick legs on Lavender but other than that no pointy hackles no red comb. I say they are all girls.
 
Thanks for all the helps so far!! Does anyone else have any ideas?
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Olive looks like she might be a mottled Japanese.
Honeysuckle looks like an OEGB.
Not sure on Dove. Kind of on the fence. That is an awful red comb for an 8 week old chick though.
Lavender looks to be a roo. That's a very red prominent comb for an 8 week old.
Sunflower looks like a pullet at this point. Not sure on the LF vs bantam though. I don't have anything to guage her size against.
 
Update:

Honeysuckle started laying this week! Olive is very close to laying and I think Sunflower laid an egg too! Sunflower (she is a bantam
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) is so talkative when she is held. I am quite sure that Dove is a pullet. Lavender is a roo, as he is crowing and breeding with the pullets. He's way too rough with the pullets though, so we may have to sell him or send him to freezer camp.
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Thanks for all y'all's help!
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