Silkie @10 weeks — Too soon to tell?

[GardenState38]

This is one of two silkie chicks I got from Tractor Supply.
The other is white, much larger (I know you can’t compare different colors) and has begun to crow
I can’t help but compare, and the comb on this chick is much less developed. Also has a much more skittish, non-confrontational temperament.
Less foot feathering than the cockerel, too.
Dare I hope??

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

Nothing screaming cockerel yet. A bit young, but leaning towards pullet from these pictures. Do you have a comb picture?

 

[GardenState38]

Nothing screaming cockerel yet. A bit young, but leaning towards pullet from these pictures. Do you have a comb picture?

Best I could do—hard to get a clear shot on a squirming, dark-colored bird, on a cloudy day
The pretty blue ear is a newish development on this one. The crest worries me a bit, but even the definite cockerel doesn’t really have streamers yet.

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

I'll continue to go with pullet for now!

 

[Johnny17]

Pullet

 

[GardenState38]

Oh, I hope, I hope, I hope!!
That would mean a 50% male/female split on the 4 straight run bantam chicks I bought.
I swore I wouldn’t buy straight run chicks again, but there was a poor chick with terrible pasty butt that wasn’t cleaned very well …and a 4 chick minimum purchase… sooo…
Luckily, Pasty (Patsy) is a pullet, at least (and doing really well now that her poor bottom has completely healed )
I don’t want to have to integrate her into the big girl flock alone

 

[DemeChick]

Oh, I hope, I hope, I hope!!
That would mean a 50% male/female split on the 4 straight run bantam chicks I bought.
I swore I wouldn’t buy straight run chicks again, but there was a poor chick with terrible pasty butt that wasn’t cleaned very well …and a 4 chick minimum purchase… sooo…
Luckily, Pasty (Patsy) is a pullet, at least (and doing really well now that her poor bottom has completely healed )
I don’t want to have to integrate her into the big girl flock alone

How did you successfully treat pasty butt? I’ve not had any luck.