is this a pullet/hen? ...almost 6 months old.

This is at about 2.5 months
The two closest look like boys at that age and the rest I'd say were pullets (though I've had a couple of bantam pullets trick me as they were more developed and pinker in the comb from a young age, but those two front ones do look to have big, pink combs). I know cross breeds can be tricky as you never quite know what is influencing their development or how quickly they will mature. And I know it can be torture, wondering which are boys or girls!
 
Update:
New pics. ...still no crowing or rooster behavior, like calling attention to food.
I have to believe the these are roosters/male? What do u think?
I can't believe none of them are trying to mate the other pullets, do they have access? They do look like boys to me. The reason is, even though I can't make out pointy saddle feathers... I also can't make out what we call the hen bump. Basically like a bump that goes up the back a little ways as part of her tail. Verses the saddle feathers on a boy make the back look straight all the way to where the tail goes erect.

Boys definitely will not call girls to food before trying to grab the back of their scruff and step on. It's a learning process for them. Unless the girls are used to being mated, you will hear significant screaming from them. That's the only thing that makes me think these aren't boys. And the first crow is usually some weird attempt with a funky sound. Females tend to cackle a bunch like "squawk walk alk"

Will be fun to see how they turn out.
 
Eggsighted,
Fyi, the black n white that has male feathers cackles the loudest.
Like you said, "walk alk alk aulk".
They have an outdoor and indoor area.
 
Eggsighted,
Fyi, the black n white that has male feathers cackles the loudest.
Like you said, "walk alk alk aulk".
They have an outdoor and indoor area.
Usually indicative of getting ready to lay!
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Before too long anyways. Some of my girls get really loud about it on their way into the nest. That's how I found a hidden one, by seeing the behavior and recognizing it. Then when I saw her do it again I grabbed her and locked her in the lay house, two days in a row. Then she quit squawking so wouldn't know when she was going. Can't believe she made the connection.

I have had my cockerels do the egg song when they get startled.
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But never once have I had any of my boys do that squawking.
 

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