New to chickens. Let's play cockeral or pullet (8-9 weeks old)

Chickentender333

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Jun 18, 2023
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#1 Lavendar orpington
#2 Lavendar orpington
#3 Black Australorp
#4 Buff Brahma
#5 Blue laced red wyandotte
#6 Black Australorp
#7 Olive egger
 

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I'll play!
#1 = roo
#2 = roo
#3 = roo
#4 = pullet, unless he's a slower-developing Brahma with no red comb or tail feathers yet.
#5 - ??? the comb says roo maybe, but the tail makes me think pullet
#6 = roo
#7 = roo? the comb looks like a pullet, but unless hens in this breed also have long pointy tail feathers, that's a roo.
Did I win?
 
I'll play!
#1 = roo
#2 = roo
#3 = roo
#4 = pullet, unless he's a slower-developing Brahma with no red comb or tail feathers yet.
#5 - ??? the comb says roo maybe, but the tail makes me think pullet
#6 = roo
#7 = roo? the comb looks like a pullet, but unless hens in this breed also have long pointy tail feathers, that's a roo.
Did I win?
I hope not. They are all supposed to be pullets. That would be really bad luck.
 
I could very well be wrong. Let's hope so. It looks like some of them could be damp, like after a bath or foraging in wet vegetation? so it's hard to discern their feather shapes exactly.

I'm not skilled much, but at this age I look for:
Combs & wattles: Red and prominent = roo. Pale and insignificant = pullet.
Tail feathers: Uneven lengths, some pointy = roo. Evenly rounded = pullet.
Saddle feathers: Just starting to emerge skinny, pointy sickle feathers = roo. No sickle feathers = pullet.
Legs: I couldn't see yours well for comparison to others, but: Thick and stocky = roo. Thin and dainty = pullet.
 
I hope I AM wrong, for your sake. The combs on ALL of them look rather paler than what you'd normally see in a cockerel of this age, but....... I COULD BE WRONG, I have been many times. Here's what I saw that makes me think cockerels:

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Skipped #4 pullet, & #5 ???

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Who's next???
 
#7 is so cute! I don't see any obvious cockerels. If they were mine, I'd have a lot of hope for all pullets at that age!
 

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