Question about sexing 8 week old chicks

marvun22

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Well, you figured out I had an 8 week old chick that needs sexing. It is an Silver Duckwing Ameraucana/not sure cross. I was looking at the methods on the internet (not sure if reliable). One was comb size at 8 weeks. They said males have bigger red combs and females have smaller orangish combs at 8 weeks. Is this method reliable? If it is, I have a pullet. The 2nd method I considered was wing feather size. They said females' wingfeathers are all the same size and males have different sized wingfeathers. Is this method reliable? If it is, I have a pullet.
 
If you can post a pic and we might be able to help you better.
This one is just a basic picture.

Here are the wings (not the best picture sorry, she's not tame).

And here is the comb.

Also, do you have any idea what it will look like in the future?
 
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