What breed are these?

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So I have been raising chickens for the last couple years and I have some in my original flock that I still don't know what they are. Most of the new birds I get are Buff Orpingtons, other than the rare one McMurray sends out with my batches. I am sure the knowledgeable folks here will have quick answers.


This one came from McMurray as a rare with my order. I have looked at their list of birds and still can't pinpoint which breed. (possible Americauna)



I was thinking this was a black marans but not sure



This is my baby mama. She is my broody and has hatched any of my chicks we try hatching. Old English?
Looks like a Wheaten Old English Game Bantam but is larger than my other one that I know is a Wheaten Old English Game Bantams



And then there is this one. He has survived the initial culling from 2 years ago and he walks around like he knows it. Any ideas. Thinking Wheaten Old English Game Bantams



Thanks
 
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The first is an Easter egger (ameraucana) cockerel. I can't tell on the second, but maybe a black star. If you got the next 2 from Mcmurray, they can't be wheaten OEGBs because MM doesn't carry them. But they do look wheaten!
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#1 is an easter egger
#2 is..? Her coloration looks either like a black sex-link or a BC marans, but her build doesn't. In this pic, her comb looks kinda pea-ish... if it is, then she's probably an easter egger. What color egg does she lay?
#3 looks like a production red.
I have no idea what breed #4 is, but he is GORGEOUS! I'm so glad he survived the cull :)
 
Thanks everyone.

#1 - I have been finding it nesting during the day so not sure if its a cockerel or not. I guess I will find out int he next few weeks egg or crow. My other Buff Orp mixes of the same age have just started crowing at 18weeks.
#2, #3 and #4 were all bought from a local person trying to get rid of them. They are my originals that I first got into chickens with Aug 2011.
#3 and #4 were not gotten from Mcmurray but from local ppl. The reason I am thinking they are Old English Wheaton is about 3/4 the way down this link http://www.cacklehatchery.com/oegbantams.htm. But mine are a bit bigger so i figure they are mixed with something.
#2 I have not seen lay an egg since I have had her. If she did they are light brown
 
Ok here's a few more pics up close and better.

#2 again next a lighter version of #3


#4 again next to a true wheaton old english bantam I believe
 
Ok here's a few more pics up close and better.

#2 again next a lighter version of #3
In this pic

#4 again next to a true wheaton old english bantam I believe
In the first picture, the chicken that is mostly out of the shot, what is that? Because I have a chicken that might be that one's twin. I didn't ask what kind of chicken she was when we got her, but I mean man she looks exactly like that one. All I knew is she was a bantam of some sort, so perhaps your questions will provide me with insight.

Here is my girl with some chicks she had hatched...


 
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Yeah she is a lighter version of the #3 pick in my original post. I am thinking they are Wheaton Old english but not sure. They are a bit larger than the Bantams I am use to seeing so I am not sure. The below pic is about the closest I have found to what I have, but mine look just a bit different and are a bit larger, so I am guessing mine are mixed at the very least.

http://www.cacklehatchery.com/oegbantams.htm#wheaten
 
The chicken in my pic is only slightly smaller than my leghorn hen..when we first picked her up I thought she was a bantam, but once I got her home and saw her next to the leghorn I figured mine isn't bantam because of that...but she is the smallest chicken I have. I have a giant rooster, and a really large buff orpington hen, so my vies of chicken sizes is a little off.
 

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