Which Chicks Should I Keep?

[MGG]

Hi all, I need some genetic advice here.
I have a split order of chicks with my neighbor, and I'm giving her her half tonight. She's not picky and has never kept chickens before. This is the last foreseeable order of chicks I'm getting, I want to have a sustainable flock and hatch a few new birds each year. These are a lot of new to me breeds though and I don't know the genetics with them. I have a handful of questions, but I want to start with the Olive Eggers. I know some don't lay olive eggs. Is there a way to guess based off the chicks appearances the probability of them laying olive eggs? The neighbor won't care, but I'd really like to have an olive egger long term since I have an olive egger rooster. I have three chicks to choose from, I'm only planning on keeping one. I can post photos of each chick. However I also got Easter Eggers, and I don't know how to tell the difference really for certain. They're from Mt. Healthy Hatchery, and it says on the website that they make their olive eggers with Welsummers, Black Copper Marans, and Ameracaunas. They say they're F1 crosses.
I'll post photos of each.

Chick #1
This one is clean legged and no muffs or beard.

Chick #2
Lightly feathered legs. I don't know what this comb type is, I can get more pics if needed. Small beard and muffs.

Chick #3
This chick looks blue. Heavier feathered legs than the other two. No beard or muffs that I see.

 

[MGG]

@Amer @Rhodebar Lover @The Moonshiner @AinaWGSD @Auntiejessi3 @nicalandia ...
I'd appreciate your thoughts.

 

[MGG]

@JacinLarkwell @RoostersAreAwesome , any thoughts?

 

[wrathsfarm]

I'll wait for the experts but I'd pick door #3 if it's blue. Marans in blood line with feathered legs. And if it's in fact blue and female will add blue to progeny.

 

[MGG]

I'll post the EEs too just in case I may have mixed up an olive egger for an EE. I don't think so but I don't know for sure.

Suspected EE #1

#2

#3

#4

#5. This one is kind of runty.

And the extra, #6. This one is really weird, I don't even know if it's an EE. I got a splash laced red Wyandotte and almost thought it might be a extra of that but I believe this bird has a pea comb.

 

[MGG]

I'll wait for the experts but I'd pick door #3 if it's blue. Marans in blood line with feathered legs. And if it's in fact blue and female will add blue to progeny.

Great, thank you! I honestly like that chick the best personality-wise, it's very sweet. But I really want those olive eggs, lol. If it looks likely I would love to keep it. I wonder if the clean leg chick is Ameraucana x Welsummer? It's hard to guess without knowing what Ameraucana colors they use.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

For an olive egger, your best bet is to choose one with a pea comb, as the blue egg shell gene is linked to the pea comb gene. (Unless these olive eggers are cream legbar crosses, but I doubt it, since I’m seeing pea combs and beards.) However, even if you don’t get a chicken that lays olive eggs, olive eggers can be recreated by crossing a green or blue layer with a dark brown egg layer.

 

[MGG]

For an olive egger, your best bet is to choose one with a pea comb, as the blue egg shell gene is linked to the pea comb gene. (Unless these olive eggers are cream legbar crosses, but I doubt it, since I’m seeing pea combs and beards.) However, even if you don’t get a chicken that lays olive eggs, olive eggers can be recreated by crossing a green or blue layer with a dark brown egg layer.

Ok, good to know. Here are the three combs. I know the last looks straight, what about the other two though?

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

The first two are pea combs

 

[MGG]

The first two are pea combs

Ok, thanks! I'll go with the blue one then unless anyone else thinks otherwise.