Sexing 8 week old frizzle

Aussiechickener

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So I got this little frizzle about 5 weeks ago, they're now about 8 weeks old. They started to develop a bit of a comb and wattle around 6-7 weeks. Its still quite pink (not red) and doesn't seem to have gotten any bigger since then. They haven't started crowing but I'm a little worried they might be a rooster and I can't keep them where I live. Rehoming isn't an issue but I have become pretty attached. They seem to have become quite friendly with one of my other chickens (a 14 week old I'm certain is a hen) so I'm hoping they're a girl. If anyone has advice on sexing it would be much appreciated.
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So its been about two weeks now. I'm leaning more towards them being a girl at this point. They do get quite an aggressive blush when they're running around, its almost watermelon red, but once they calm down it goes back to being pink. The first picture is her coming off a blush (its hard to get a good pic when she's flustered), and the second and third are what she looks like when she's calmed down. I also threw in a full body pic just so you can see her and if anyone can ID better with feather growth (although I know its hard with frizzles. She's the littler one in front behind her is my other frizzle lady.
 

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So its been about a month since I've updated so they're sitting at about the 14 week mark. The two face pictures were taken minutes apart, you can see the big difference in colour (these pics are pretty true to colour).
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Theres still no crowing and they're still very friendly with my other girls. I know its hard to see the full body pic properly but they aren't easy to get clear pictures from since they move so much. I've been keeping an eye on feather development and their neck and saddle feathers still seem nice and rounded to me (not pointy) so I'm hoping that's a good sign. The lower neck feathers have a bit of dirt in them right now so that's why they might look pointy.
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I'm really hoping for an early developing girl here and I know Cochins (which I believe them to be) are sometimes known to do that. If you guys have any tips or other things I need to look out for they would be appreciated.
*please ignore the facial swelling they are coming off a pretty bad respiratory infection and have been quarantined away from my other girls
 

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