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Curious comb?

Tail feathers and cockerel-specific feathering. Side views always help when determining sex... one cannot determine sex on comb alone.
A good example of this: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/meet-angevine-i-found-her-at-the-river.1539457/
This lady has a HUGE comb. But she is, in fact, a hen.
Her saddle feathers are rounded instead of pointed, like a cockerel would have.

Your (likely) pullet appears to have rounded saddle feathers, indicating she is likely a pullet.
View attachment 3194578

We also look at the sickle feathers, which are the tail feathers. For a cockerel, they are usually long, skinny, and curved. It's not uncommon for pullets to have a curve to theirs as well, but pullets generally have wider and shorter sickle feathers.

Hackle feathers help, too, for sexing chickens. Cocks have skinny, long hackle feathers, while pullets have wider, shorter hackle feathers.

Found this for a visual.
View attachment 3194580

Hopefully this helps.
OP's pullet isn't old enough to have male specific saddle feathers. Tails don't start showing sickles until after saddles are present and obvious.

Right now the only thing we are looking at is even coloring (no red patches over the wing bows) and the comb/wattles development.
 
Tail feathers and cockerel-specific feathering. Side views always help when determining sex... one cannot determine sex on comb alone.
A good example of this: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/meet-angevine-i-found-her-at-the-river.1539457/
This lady has a HUGE comb. But she is, in fact, a hen.
Her saddle feathers are rounded instead of pointed, like a cockerel would have.

Your (likely) pullet appears to have rounded saddle feathers, indicating she is likely a pullet.
View attachment 3194578

We also look at the sickle feathers, which are the tail feathers. For a cockerel, they are usually long, skinny, and curved. It's not uncommon for pullets to have a curve to theirs as well, but pullets generally have wider and shorter sickle feathers.

Hackle feathers help, too, for sexing chickens. Cocks have skinny, long hackle feathers, while pullets have wider, shorter hackle feathers.

Found this for a visual.
View attachment 3194580

Hopefully this helps.
The pic is a great one for determining sex of older birds. Notice it says rooster and hen? Those are terms for males and females 1 year of age and over.
 
Update...they are almost 9 weeks old now.

Gippy gave me 2 LOVELY side profile shots after I asked nicely (or rather just got lucky, lol).

I'm still hoping pullet based on the info you all have provided so far...
Gippy 9 weeks.jpg

Gippy 9 weeks right side.jpg
 

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