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Can you identify this breed?

I’ve found Ee’s harder to sex. We had four chicks hatch. The silverruds blue isbar at 5 weeks screamed rooster with his huge red comb. The blue red laced wyondotte, which I find challenging as well, I thought roo from hatch and is an obvious rooster to me. He’s got long thin saddle feathers. These two it’s harder to see as no thin pointy saddle feathers yet, but the pink face is surprising. I’ll post photos again in a couple weeks.
 
Alright, I've zoomed in on the hackles of both birds. They are obviously pointed.
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I've gone through enough cockerels at this point, EE included, and know them when I see them.
I've even been correct from as early as 1 day (not sex linked). For 3 years, I've gotten 95% correct. That's better than most hatcheries.

But yes, post again in another week and we will see who is right.
 
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Both are pretty pullets, nearly 100% sure about it. :) Taking age and breed into consideration, there are some factors to keep in mind:

First of all, coloration is female specific. Everything's nice and even.....no patches to be found.

Comb happens to be nearly non-existent. Almost all 14 week-old EE cockerels sport large, red, inflated peas. The following photo is a representation:
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Also, there isn't presence of male-specific plumage anywhere on these birds. Illusions of pointed feathers are often created by lacing. You'll notice a rounded fringe of white that borders the sharp-edged black on both beauties' hackles. Yet again, demonstrated here by one of my hens:
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~Alex
 
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