Looking for help on gendering my chicks

[Chickynugs]

Hello All,

My partner and I have been wanting to raise hens, and had gotten 4 straight run chicks from someone local. We had gotten 2 Buff Orpingtons, a Lavender Oprington, and a Barnevelder. They're about 5 weeks old today, and aside from one Buff that looks to be showing clear signs of being a hen, the others have us thinknig they may be roosters, but perhaps it's still too early to tell. As we're in a city that doesn't allow roosters (our mistake for going with a straight run), we would like to know sooner than later if we have any roos so we can see about rehoming soon and getting additional hens. Any advice from the pics would be greatly appreciated, and will update as they continue to grow. I'll start with the Buff that looks to be showing signs of being a hen:

Stacy:

 

[Chickynugs]

Barnette:

 

[Chickynugs]

Taro:

 

[LadiesAndJane]

Hello All,

My partner and I have been wanting to raise hens, and had gotten 4 straight run chicks from someone local. We had gotten 2 Buff Orpingtons, a Lavender Oprington, and a Barnevelder. They're about 5 weeks old today, and aside from one Buff that looks to be showing clear signs of being a hen, the others have us thinknig they may be roosters, but perhaps it's still too early to tell. As we're in a city that doesn't allow roosters (our mistake for going with a straight run), we would like to know sooner than later if we have any roos so we can see about rehoming soon and getting additional hens. Any advice from the pics would be greatly appreciated, and will update as they continue to grow. I'll start with the Buff that looks to be showing signs of being a hen:

Stacy:
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Looks like a pullet.
They are called hens from one year of age.

 

[Chickynugs]

Casey:

 

[LadiesAndJane]

Barnette:
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Looks like a pullet.

 

[LadiesAndJane]

Taro:
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Looks like a pullet. Needs a few more weeks to be certain.

 

[Chickynugs]

Looks like a pullet.
They are called hens from one year of age.

Thanks for the correction, we recently learned that they are called pullets at first, so still getting use to the terms! Thanks for your input so far though...give us hopes that we're wrong!

 

[TheAlrightyGina]

The only one that looks iffy to me at all is Stacy...I'd check back in a few weeks.

 

[LadiesAndJane]

Casey:
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Looks like a pullet. Honestly all 4 of them do. You may be so lucky to get four pullets from a batch of sraight run. I would give it a few more weeks to be certain, but they all look female so far.