Buff Orpington chicks pullets or roos?

Farmlife16

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My buff Orpington chicks are 8 weeks old. I think they are all pullets, except maybe the chick in picture 5? His/her face seems redder and the comb is slightly bigger. That one has also been making a weird sound in the evening, like a honking (it's kind of hard to explain). Another one does it as well.

Thanks for your help!
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They all look like pullets to me. I'd expect cockerels to be much redder in the comb and wattles areas, and their wattles would surely have started to sprout by now.

When we raised Orpington chicks I had one cockerel start crowing at 5 weeks old! It does depend on the strain though as to how quickly they mature, but yours definitely all look like girls.
 
Do you have a side full body picture of the one backwards in pic #3. For some reason I might see saddle feathers. (Or my older eyes are playing tricks)
 

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