Salmon Faverolles chicks breed and gender?

I have one that is supposed to be a pullet but acts rooish…. Gender? Almost 4 weeks
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I got these chicks at my local feed store a few weeks ago. They had a major malfunction when labeling the breeds and long story short I got a couple different breeds than what I asked for and what they were labeled as. I decided to get some Salmon Faverolles because they had some and they were listed as pullets. I’ve never had Faverolles before but I have a feeling these are not pullets but are actually cockerels. They are 4 weeks old and their combs are very pink now and I know I’ve heard that is a sign of a male. I’m not super familiar with sexing Salmon Faverolles and from what I’ve seen other people say you can’t actually sex them until they start to feather out. So does anyone who is more familiar with Faverolles know if these are cockerels and also if they are even Salmon Faverolles at all? :lol:
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They both look like pullets to me. I have 6 hatchery salmon faverolles chicks who I recently posted on here at 6 weeks, and the consensus was they were all pullets and they look pretty similar to yours. From what I've learned, cockerels have black feathers on their chests, not just the freckles you have on one of yours. The lighter grey on their backs has slowly mostly disappeared under the brown/tan feathers on mine and it looks like what is happening on yours as well. Here is the link to my post for comparison: https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...ch-one-is-the-cockerel.1521843/#post-25628762

And there was also this helpful youtube video showing some 5 week salmon faverolles and the cockerel stands out quite a bit from the pullets:
 
Hello, I'm wondering if anyone can help me determine if this is a rooster? I'm fairly certain I have one of each based on how different they are looking! Although I watched the video posted here and my dark one looks similar to their hens. Definitely not black as the roo (two pics of same one here)
 

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Hello, I'm wondering if anyone can help me determine if this is a rooster? I'm fairly certain I have one of each based on how different they are looking! Although I watched the video posted here and my dark one looks similar to their hens. Definitely not black as the roo (two pics of same one here)
Certainly looks like one. Can we get a pic of the chest?
 
Here are some chest pics of the bird in question.
 

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