7 week old EE gender? (And welsummer)

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I'm a chicken noob and am wondering if anyone's trained eye can spot any roosters in my bunch. I ordered all pullets but there were two extra chicks mailed so good possiblity those are roosters. I'm currently finding excuses to think all of them are roosters so I might need some sense knocked into me.
Here are my EEs:
#1, Nala.
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#2 and 3, Kida(orange) and Anna(black head)
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I also have two welsummers that I'm not sure about. One's hackle feathers are a lot more golden than the others, and since i don't have previous experience with chickens, I'm not sure if that is just normal variation between individuals in the breed or could be a sign of one being a rooster.
Here is a picture of both of them standing around for comparison (with two EEs hanging around in the middle)
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Heres the lighter one closer up
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And the darker one
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I ordered from chickens for backyards, which very likely sources from cackle for small orders :)
Why do you ask??
Okie dokie, thanks! :)
One of my Easter Eggers (from Cackle) looks almost exactly like Kida, and I'd never seen one like her before. Just wondered if it was something about their breeding stock. ;)

~Alex
 
One way to tell if a chicken is male or female is to look at the feathers on the neck and saddle (if they are fully feathered). Males feathers will be much longer and pointer and females will be more rounded like flower petals! However, EE's feathers are sometimes a little pointer on the neck in my experience. I think Nala looks like she might be a he, but I could quite possibly be wrong... :D
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One way to tell if a chicken is male or female is to look at the feathers on the neck and saddle (if they are fully feathered). Males feathers will be much longer and pointer and females will be more rounded like flower petals! However, EE's feathers are sometimes a little pointer on the neck in my experience. I think Nala looks like she might be a he, but I could quite possibly be wrong... :D
Picture:
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Yes, however these feathers don't develop gender differntiation until after 12 weeks(often closer to 16)....prior to "puberty" males and females sport rounded feathers in hackles and saddle
 

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