5-week old RIR chicks - can you help to sex them? (pics included)

[emys]

I'm looking a combs. I guess the first picture of Pinky you posted does look more rooster-ish (comb growth is high up), but if Pinky is the first one in the last photo, then Pinky might be just a well endowed hen (comb doesn't look high, just broad). It's just a guess on my part...I certainly could be wrong!

First order I ever placed for chicks, I ordered 7 straight run Barred rocks and I got stuck with 6 barred rock boys and couldn't figure out how everyone said they could tell boys and girls apart! Joke was on me when I finally admitted that even the darkest one was a he at 12 weeks old. Blah! Thank goodness I had also ordered sexed Buff Orpington hens or I might have given it all up right then and there!

 

[reedyfork]

Thanks to everyone for all the great information! The consensus seems to be:

Chick 1: Halloweena Hen

Chick 2: Poker Rooster

Chick 3: Pinky Rooster

Chick 4: Jake Hen

Chick 5: Runner Hen

I guess I'll wait another couple/few weeks for the feathers to fully develop before I feel comfortable finding a new home for the roos anyway, so hopefully things will be even more clear by then. I'll pay special attention to the combs and legs, and see if anyone decides to try crowing!

Thanks again. Now to start preparing the kids for loosing two of their chicks...

Ron​