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The first ones are pretty weird sounding and pathetic. But once they get the hang of it, it's loud.

You should wait until the younger ones are the same height(around 14 weeks), unless you can have them near each other but a barrier like chicken wire separating them for a couple of weeks. Then free range mixing works best. Gives the new ones a chance to run away. For instance. I had my 3 newest...

I think yours will look similar to this one

Rooster is a word to describe all male chickens. Cockerel is a rooster less than a year old, Cock is a rooster over a year old. And no your Ameraucana will have a different body type and colored black and white. My rooster is Blue/Black/Splash.

Here are my EE's at 7 weeks for comparison And 11 weeks here, note the pink not red comb.

Since I assume you are referring to the black and white one? I am pretty confident now that one is a cockerel. In the next couple of weeks his comb will really start to grow 3 defined rows of peas and be real red. Of course you can't be 100% sure until crow or egg, but that looks like a boy.

He is a Splash Orpington, so your Buff Orp if it is a cockerel will feather similar to mine. Mine is 50% English bloodline which is why he has so much lower fluff. If you post pics of your BO standing(close-up full body side shot) and clear close-up of comb I could take a guess. Also state what...

Hackle feathers are the feathers around the neck. Saddle feathers are the feathers just before the tail(hence the term saddle, just like a horse's saddle) will be long and pointy on cockerels. Here is mine, you can see the long pointy hackle and saddle feathers. Hens will have saddle feathers...

Correct, except saddle feathers don't usually come in til around 14 weeks. At 6 weeks feather coloring and comb coloring are the best guess

Around 6 weeks the cockerels combs start getting real red, pullet don't get red til around 16 weeks. That is a cockerel, gonna be a handsome boy too.