5 week Barnevelder pullets?

[mydaisy]

A little back story here, I have had chickens for 3 years. I raised them from chicks and still have my original flock + a few added hens along the way. Fast forward to now, I got the itch for new babies. I thought I was pretty savvy on identifying chicks and said I would only buy pullets. I bought 6 pullets from farm/feed store almost 5 weeks ago.
2 Bluebell Prairie Egger pullets turned out to be 2 Barred Rock cockerels
2 EE pullets turned into 1 cockerel 1 pullet
2 Barnevelder pullets (to be determined)
So obviously that plan didn't work.

These 2 Barnevelder chicks have me obsessed, checking them for any cockerel behavior or traits. Of course I would find out that Barnevelders are notoriously hard to sex right away (unless their comb or wattles stand out)

Chick on the left (#1) and chick on the right (#2) They both looked identical, but chick 2 was always runty, nearly half the size as chick 1.
Chick 1 feathered up quicker than 2, but they both are feathering up exactly the same in the same areas. Except for chick 2 has the blacker chest and tail feathers so far. I know that male Barnevelders do not have lacing on chest, but after scouring post after post of Barnie genders, I have seen some pullets start off with the blacker chest at first. This is what I am hoping for! The combs are still small and yellow, no red.

What are your thoughts so far? Think they are two pullets?

 

[ve]

The comb is very girlish. Fingers crossed

 

[JedJackson]

The first is definitely a pullet. I think the second is still questionable but most likely a pullet.

 

[Painted Calls]

Pullets

 

[JedJackson]

Thank you. Who am I to disagree with experienced eyes? lol. I appreciate the answers and I will stop posting to this thread and leave it alone that they are both pullets for anyone else who has a dark breasted Barnevelder girl and is scouring this site for answers lol.

I may add photos when they are completely mature just for reference.

You don't have to stop posting updates. That's what the forum is for. It's fun to see how they mature.

 

[mydaisy]

The black breasted one may be male. In Barnevelders males have black breast

Right, which is why I am curious about them. However, I have seen black breasted chicks that turned out to be pullets (the black fell out at about 8 weeks). This is what I am hoping for - I know it is hoping for a lot. My only hope is the comb is still next to nothing.

 

[mydaisy]

Has anyone had the same kind of experience with Barnevelders, the black breasted chick - that turned out to be pullet?

 

[mydaisy]

The comb is very girlish. Fingers crossed

That's my hope lol

 

[mydaisy]

Update at 7 weeks old. The first 5 are the first bird and the second 5 pics are the second bird. What do you think at this age? Pullet or cockerel?

 

[mydaisy]

Oh this makes me happy. That second chick has made me guessing from one hour to the next. I will say that neither one act one bit cockerel. I’ve got 3 other birds that are young male and do what young males do, challenge each other, etc. and these two birds are completely unaffected by it. They just go on about their way, pecking away at the ground avoiding it all.