Three week old Barred rock gender?

Mattl12

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I’m starting to think I got another Roo out of the pullet bin? Already seems to be showing comb at three weeks, I do realize barred rock chickens mature fast but this one has me worried that I have another rooster I don’t need. It is definitely the alpha of my fourth batch. It is also showing behaviors I’ve come to see more in my roosters than I have ever seen in my hens like scratching food out of the bowl and slinging it all over the place or stepping on the container while I’m holding something in my hands to push it down. Your thoughts is this a cockerel or is this a hen? It’s color is dark that’s a marker for hen and I know of the spot on the head or coloration of the feet supposedly indicate gender, but I find contradictory answers for both of those.
 
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And here are the pictures
 

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I would agree with the barring pattern/coloring, looks like a pullet. You can check back in a couple weeks though if you want further confirmation
 
My feisty BR hen was forever kicking food everywhere. Anything she ate she wanted to eat, she had to stand in and throw first.

Looks like a pullet to me, too.
 
My feisty BR hen was forever kicking food everywhere. Anything she ate she wanted to eat, she had to stand in and throw first.

Looks like a pullet to me, too.
The two BRs I've gotten are showing some energy, curiosity, and personality, I'd contrast them to the 2 Leghorns I have that are also high energy and their only personality is paranoid schizophrenic.
 

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