Leghorn cross - pullet or cockerel?

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Sorry for the photo quality - it was hard to make this chick stand still!

It hatched from an egg laid by an ex-bat White Leghorn; the father is our mix-breed but very handsome roo (apparently white is a dominant feathering color in chickens? I keep learning!). It is about 6 weeks old now.

So, what do you think? Is it a male or a female?
 
Mm leghorns do have big combs anyway but tbh if its only 6 weeks and the comb looks like that I'm going to say cockeral.
 
I may be the odd one here but that chick looks like one of my pullets. I have a pic of two of my cockerals at 6 weeks old:


We had the chicks for four weeks when this pic was taken and was told they were a week old at time of purchase however I belive they were closer to two weekse old at time of purchase

ETA:
A pic of a pullet and cockeral 12 days before the other pic was taken:
 
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Icahill, thank you for the reply and the informative photos! Well, we'll wait and see - in no hurry to re-home it yet, even if it's a cockerel. I usually hurry with finding a new home for surplus roos once they start crowing and the rooster fights begin...
 

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