With the more dominant gone, it may take a few weeks, but Egwene *should* start crowing.
From these pictures, they look rather like pullets, but the darkness with the flash could be concealing colors that would say otherwise. You want natural light and ideally a side and comb view to make it...
All but #1 look like pullets to me. I would expect red patches in the wings rather than that nice even color if #4 was a cockerel and I'm not seeing red in the comb at all. The sun is shining on it, but no red.
At that age, I would expect their combs to be much redder and at least wider if they're boys, they also don't have that roo stance....Give them some more time and keep an eye out for pointy saddle feathers, but they really are looking like pullets, even with the darker patches on the first ones...
Not asking about gender, just showing one of my 7-8 week old EE pullets and her broody mom. I'm a big fan of the blues
Even though mom's a little brownish...
I see what FVRM was saying about the tail, but I'm still not seeing enough true roo traits to write that one off at this point. The orange one looks like a hen as well. The patches on the wings aren't dark enough to say rooster at this point... They both need more time to tell for sure
You are correct that hens will also jump and raise their hackles at each other to determine pecking order. The chick you have pictured I suspect is a roo based on the large comb, but I would give it some more time
@Zanzabeez ND The first and last both look like hens. The middle one...there's a dark patch on the wing and the stance makes me think roo at this point.