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PKHeX is able to simulate transfers. The only issue is if you wanna send the simulated transfer into HOME for any reason, it will get rejected by HOME PKHeX is unable to assign HOME trackers. And 'stealing' a tracker from another mon won't work; The tracker is used to identify the mon and various stats and immutables need to match the entry stored in the server's logs. Note that the rejection doesn't occur when entering into SWSH, as it is likely related support for the base format used by HOME's launch. Abusing SWSH's loophole is risky business and I will not recommend it.

Finally got it figured out and decided to post what I found incase anyone in the future runs into the same problem! So, originally I was using my brothers copy of Pearl and could only access 19 of the trapped Pokemon- even after following the instructions to the letter. After finally managed to get a copy of Diamond to mess with and doing everything again, it worked! I was able to get all the other Pokemon out safely! I don’t know what’s going on with the code behind it all- but I assume there’s something in the background of Ranch that logs not just what trainer added what Pokemon, but also what version was used to send them over. So for anyone else that runs into this problem, if you shared the file with siblings or friends with different versions, you might need a copy of both Diamond and Pearl to get everything out of your Ranch!