Barred Rocks: Roosters or Hens?

fallenleeves

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Hello (again) just stopping in to ask the opinion on my Barred Rocks as well. After one of my Easter Eggers became a rooster, I'm so nervous everyone is going to turn out to be a boy ...

So here are my two Barred Rock chicks

#1 at about 1 weeks:


#1 now, about 4 weeks:



And #2 at 1 week:


And #2 now at 4 weeks:



Really not sure about these two ... compared to #1, #2 has a really small tail and both of them are pretty flighty at the moment so ... I honestly don't know. I've looked around, and roosters are said to have more white barring, but both of them seem pretty similar so I can't say.

Here's a final picture of them together (#1 is on the left, #2 on the right):


Thanks in advance :)
 
They both look like pullets but in either of them were to be cockerels, it would be #1

That's what I hoping for after scouring the Barred Rock thread ... I guess I'll know for sure in another week or so, they both seem to be similar shading so it's hard to get a definite, oh this is a male, this is a female thing. #1 doooes seem just a slightly bit lighter though, so we'll see.
Thanks for the input though!
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I think they are both pullets. Cockerels are much lighter. :)

Thank you! I hope so :)
 
Here's an update on what they look like!
Still hoping they look like pullets, but see what you think.
They're about 6 weeks old or so in these photos.

#1:



#2:



And together: (#1 is on the left, #2 on the right)
 

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