Could this supposedly sex-linked chick be a rooster?

[mintdeer]

(Apologies, I don't know if they're sex-linked or autosexing or what the correct term would be!) I know it's a bit early to tell, but this has been bugging me! I bought these two "Marans hybrids" as sexed pullets from a local breeder/hatchery. Not sure what the mix is exactly but the description on the website says that "the males are barred"...so theoretically, I have two pullets. HOWEVER, one of these two just screams cockerel to me! Compared to it's sibling it's taller/leggier and slower to feather out it's wings and tail. Combs look the same at this point, and the cockerel-suspect has lightly feathered legs and the other doesn't. They're about 3.5-4 weeks old. Thoughts on what's going on here?

The boy(?) in question:
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Both of them

The probably-pullet sibling

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[sourland]

It's way early for gender ID, but I'm leaning pullet at this time.

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

Yeah I don't really see anything that would make me question it's gender!

 

[The Moonshiner]

They're both pullets.
They look like pullets and I'm sure the breeder bred a BCM or black marans rooster to cuckoo marans hens to make BSL marans.

 

[mintdeer]

Wow really?! That would be great if they're both pullets! I've read that slower to feather out and leggy usually means it's a boy, so I was convinced! Is it common to have a pullet grow its feathers out slower than the others?

 

[Flockincrazy]

(Apologies, I don't know if they're sex-linked or autosexing or what the correct term would be!) I know it's a bit early to tell, but this has been bugging me! I bought these two "Marans hybrids" as sexed pullets from a local breeder/hatchery. Not sure what the mix is exactly but the description on the website says that "the males are barred"...so theoretically, I have two pullets. HOWEVER, one of these two just screams cockerel to me! Compared to it's sibling it's taller/leggier and slower to feather out it's wings and tail. Combs look the same at this point, and the cockerel-suspect has lightly feathered legs and the other doesn't. They're about 3.5-4 weeks old. Thoughts on what's going on here?

The boy(?) in question:
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Both of them
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The probably-pullet sibling
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The last one looks roo to me the first one not so much spread there wing out if you have 2different size feathers girls same size boys

 

[JedJackson]

If you bought it as a sex linked pullet I would go with that. She's definitely queen of the feeder in those pictures.