Is my bantam chick able to be sexed , hopefully someone can make out what it is from the pictures

Etejeida

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It’s still really early to sex it! How old is it? What breed? It’s too hard to tell at the moment but if I was to take a punt I’d say it’s a pullet right due it’s really skinny legs.
 
These are the parents there modern game bantams
 

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A cockerel's comb should pink-up at 5 to 7 weeks of age, waddles might start to form about this time too. Somewhere between 3 to 5 months, you'll notice the tail feathers take on a pointy, spear-like shape and tend to be kind of wispy, and the hint of saddle feathers may become evident. Legs on cockerels tend to be thicker. Of course, if it starts laying eggs, you'll be sure that it's not a male; and crowing doesn't make a rooster (top hens may crow, especially if they're in an all hen flock). Chest bumping with members of the flock is not an indicator of gender; they'd just be establishing pecking order. Pecking order is three-pronged;males vs males, females vs females, and females vs males. Chickens absolutely size each other up on a continuous basis. Post new pictures to this thread when you're chick is 5 or 6 weeks old, we might have better clues from the new pics.
 

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