What is the sex of my 7 week old partridge Silkie? (UPDATED and FULL of pics!)

Can you get or post a pic that very accurately shows its color? Partridge are nifty in that most cases they can be sexed by their plumage. The little cockerels get very red, while the pullets stay a more demure brown or blonde. Some of your pics make it look very red, others not so much. And, when I had partridge Silkies, my pullets would typically show penciling in their wing feathers (where they're usually less shredded and you could actually see it) and my cockerels would be more dappled, like your chick.

I want to say its a boy, but they can go one way or another so easily! Not much help I suppose ;)
 
I would say u have a pullet but can't say for sure , check for spurs !!! And I noticed Roos usually have more pointed feathers around the neck and have a get in ur face personality(usually)
 
Silkies are hard, especially one this young. But I have noticed that hatchery Silkie boys start showing characteristics pretty early. So I would lean toward pullet, even with the swept back crest. I had a Silkie henny that I SWORE was a boy until I watched an egg pop out with my own eyeballs. (Named her "Butch," LOL!) Just hang onto her and love her and keep her even if she ends up a he. Silkie roos are sweet as can be, usually.
 
I have "her" with 4 other LF roosters ( that I'm going to get rid of ASAP) and 3 other pullets.
1 Australorp
1 Black sex link
1 Brown sex link
And the roos are RIR. ( extras the hatchery sent)
What is the best age to try and sex partridge Silkies? I'm going to keep on posting pics every week.
 
Would pics of "her" as a baby help? "She" was 7/8 of an ounce and about 2 inches tall.
"She's" the chipmunk one. 2 days old.

2-4 days old.





1-2 weeks?

2 weeks.









4 weeks.



5-6 weeks.







These are all the pics I have of "her" other then the ones you've already seen.
 
More pics coming soon! Though I want to post more now.......she'll be 9 weeks old on Wednesday!
 
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