Orpington hens or pullets

Roo5

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Orpingotns are about 8-9 weeks of age and curious to know what you guys think.Opringotns always leave me lost.
Thinking these 2 may be pullets??
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Thinking possible cockerel,their all very fiednly and defiantly don’t have body shapes of cockerels nor do they have attitudes of ones.
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Ok, so a pullet is a female chicken under a year, at which time she is known as a hen. A Cockerel is a male chicken under a year old, at which time he's known as a rooster.

That said... The lavender bird in the background of the first pic may be the only pullet. Otherwise, the birds either centered or in the foreground (besides the polish) appear to be cockerels.
 
The birds in the background pictures are pullets,a welsummer and Easter egger.Opringtons in particular stump me all the time.Ive had two Buff Orpington pullets with similarities to these Lavender buffs who ended up being cockerel.
 
Thought I’d update,it’s almost a month since I posted this and none of the birds have grown male feathering or anything!Im very glad to say I’m pretty for sure their all three pullets.The two are still pale in the faces, but the one who we were pretty for sure was a male still has redness to his face, waddles and combs have not grew at all, whilst all other males in the flock are obvious.
I’ll try to get pictures
Ok, so a pullet is a female chicken under a year, at which time she is known as a hen. A Cockerel is a male chicken under a year old, at which time he's known as a rooster.

That said... The lavender bird in the background of the first pic may be the only pullet. Otherwise, the birds either centered or in the foreground (besides the polish) appear to be cockerels.
This was the suspected male.
 

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