Is it safe to call this 12 week old Polish a GIRL?

[FaithWalkFarms]

12 weeks on Friday. No crowing and zero wattle/comb growth or coloration (my other polishof the same age started growing his bright red wattles/comb weeks ago).

I am wanting to lean toward pullet but some of the feathers are throwing me off. Opinions?

(New Pic #1)

 

[donrae]

I'm actually thinking cockerel. Can we get a profile shot of the bird standing naturally? What I'm looking at are those brighter red feathers coming in, that's pretty much a male trait. Plus, the 'fro looks wild and irregular, a pullet is usually a smooth bouffant and this bird's looks more wild rocker.

 

[FaithWalkFarms]

Well, boo! I was hoping the zero wattle/comb growth meant girl.

Here are two of him standing:

 

[donrae]

I can't see from those pics, sorry.

 

[drumstick diva]

I can't see them well in the photos either - except that does look like a wild type crest - which could mean cockerel.

 

[FaithWalkFarms]

I added a closer photo of him (gah) standing in the very first post -- that's the best I can get because Chase NEVER stops moving.

 

[dolly85]

The dark red feathers coming in and wild crest are all screaming cockledoodledoo!

 

[szczur]

In the one photo of him/her being held, it looks like a telltale roo orange-red saddle feather starting to grow out from the girls arm. With the darker orange-red on the crest and saddle feathers I think it might be a cockerel. Depending on the hatchery, sometimes the girls really have a small "old-lady" crest compared to the males. If you know what the girls look like from his/her line you might be able to tell, or just give the bird a few more weeks. My roo looked like a girl for a long time but eventually he grew definite roo feathers:

12 weeks:

16 weeks:

(the saddle feathers overlapping the tip of the wing are very obvious in this pic)
I heard a lot of polish mature slowly...mine was mating the hens long before he crowed