Barred rock chicks....male or female?

[Erin80]

We picked up our five chicks yesterday, and he said they are about 2 weeks old. He said they are all pullets. The more research I do on this, the more I am very unsure that these are all females. I posted two pictures of each of them, I put them on a white background so you can hopefully see better. Any guesses? I don't know what I'd do with 4 Roos and one pullet, here is chick #1.

Chick 2

Chick 3

Chick 4

Chick 5

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

Welcome to BYC - so glad you've joined us.
While it is still very early, at this point none of these birds are looking like cockerels -- barred rocks are fairly easy to sex once they feather in a bit more, generally by 3-4 weeks of age you start getting a pretty good idea based on the barring pattern that develops.
Did you get them from a private individual or a store? If the former, can you contact that person and ask whether they sexed the birds themselves or purchased them as sexed birds? There are a lot of wives-tales about sexing chicks, and particularly barred rocks, that are not always very reliable, so knowing how their sex was determined is going to be key in how much you want to count on the assertion of them being females at the point of sale.

 

[Erin80]

Thanks.
We got them from an individual - I can contact him and ask (though he is horrible at responding to messages, so we will see!).