Two New Chicks! :D

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I'm pretty excited to find that my Barred Rock's new Black Sex Link chicks have hatched, one yesterday and the other last night. The problem is that I'm not sure if the second chick is a cockerel or pullet. I looked up some pictures and this second chick looks like a male, and is mouthier. But I've never had chickens like this before, so I'm not sure. Help? :)

Oh, and sorry that the picture's kind of dark.
 
Roo, because the reason they are called 'sex link' is because you can tell them apart at birth. The males will have a white spot on their head, the females will be all black.
Here's a link to a thread about this, if you go down the page a bit you can see a pic of male and female chicks that illustrates the differences.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/261208/sex-linked-information
 
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Hmmm... does that mean the first chick is male too? It has a pale yellow head with a black spot. I'll try to get a picture.
 

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