How to tell if this is a Rooster

Henriettashens

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I have 3 easter Eggers they are approximately 9 weeks old now. The white one has me questioning if it is indeed female. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 

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It is all white like shown in the pictures has never acted like a roo very skiddish from the beginning. I have had a rooster in the past and it was always friendly till the hormones kicked in. The legs seem the same size as the other ones
 
It is all white like shown in the pictures has never acted like a roo very skiddish from the beginning. I have had a rooster in the past and it was always friendly till the hormones kicked in. The legs seem the same size as the other ones
Some cockerels have obviously thicker legs...some don't.
I'm lucky, in a way, because I bought 6 straight run chicks and I got 3 females and 3 males.
This allowed me to compare how they matured and differences in their individual behavior.
Behavior is never a good clue. Some females are very dominant and some males are skittish.
Red combs & wattles that are getting larger than the girls are the best early indicators.
That looks like a cockerel to me.
Out of my 3 cockerels, one was always skittish (in my avatar) and even the bantam could run him off. He has always had thicker legs.
One is still not interested in girls, even at 15 weeks. (Thank God!)
One became human and dog aggressive and is now at freezer camp.
The one who had to be butchered was the most bold as a chick. Top of the pecking order.
The other two have never shown human aggression and avoid my small dog.

Out of my girls...one we had to cull at 4 weeks due to an impacted crop that caused her to starve.
The two remaining girls, one is extremely skittish and easily scared and the other is wary but assertive and even went toe to toe with my dominant sex link hen when she was only 12 weeks old (she was quickly run off, lol).

They really do have their own individual personalities, even regardless of breed.
I have a Silkie that is in no way timid and is near the top of the pecking order.
 
I am hoping that it isn't a rooster. I got them at a feed store where they said that they are all girls but the signs are saying that might not be true
 

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