Gender Identification Help Requested

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All chicks, three New Hampshire Reds, one Welbar, two Olive Eggers, are 5 weeks old today. The pics were taken yesterday and today. I have them all pegged as pullets, but I'd like more informed eyes to take a look.

Inez (probably name, not sure) is the Welbar
Floy and Millie are the Olive Eggers
The NH's are Lucille, Naomi Ruth, and Annabelle

Fun fact, the NH's are named after my father's three sisters. I have assured my cousins that is a compliment. lol
 

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All pullets. You could always get a sneaky rooster that's a late bloomer, but I'd be feeling pretty confident at 5 weeks. Did you buy them sexed?

Floy and Mille's little head tufts are too cute!
 
All pullets. You could always get a sneaky rooster that's a late bloomer, but I'd be feeling pretty confident at 5 weeks. Did you buy them sexed?

Floy and Mille's little head tufts are too cute!
Yes. Ideal poultry. But 100% is never guaranteed, so I wanted to get thoughts. My last order, a couple of years ago, was 10 chicks, but one was a male.

I agree on the little poofs. I was not expecting those as my last Olive Eggers from Ideal did not have crests.
 
Inez might be a Cockerel, but I'm not so familiar with these breeds.
Inez is the most skittish, and the one getting bullied a bit. Because of her personality, that is part of what made the think pullet. I figured a roo might be developing a bit of aggressiveness against the bullying by this age.
 

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