12 weeks old, can't be sure on gender

EllieandOlive

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This is one of three olive Eggers I hatched.
In the third/last picture, one is obviously a male and has been since 5 weeks, in the center. One is obviously a female, she's on the left. Then this one is stumping me (on the right). The first two pictures are also of this one. I was leaning pullet this whole time, but it seems to be getting more obvious wattles and comb the past couple weeks, but still nothing like the cockerel.
About 11 weeks.
To clarify, the one I am questioning is in the first two photos, and on the right in the 3rd group photo with the others I mentioned.
 

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First one looks like a roo, last is pullet idk about the middle. EEs are so hard to tell. I have a pullet rn that has pointed tail feathers like a roo but def female. Just has to wait to see who lays 🤷‍♀️
 
I'd say cockerel. I have a similar situation in my current mixed breed babies. The white boys are obvious, the red and buff boys are slower developing but still notably bigger in the comb and wattles than the girls.
 
By age 12 weeks, pointy saddle feathers should be obvious if the bird is a male. The photos are a bit blurry, but best as I can tell the saddle feathers are round, which would mean pullet. Can you get a close-up photo of the saddle feathers?
Yes! Also, they are 13 weeks and some change now. I am thinking pullet because compared to the obvious cockerel she is much closer in size to the other obvious pullet, plus no saddle feathers like the boys.
 

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