Commercially available sex links with colored eggs?

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What are some sex link crosses that are commercially available that have colored eggs? By that, I mean blue, green, olive, maybe a really dark brown. Something other than white, tan, or light brown. I especially like breeds that have light colors, or interesting patterns like speckles, lace, and streaks.

Edit: I forgot about auto-sexing breeds! Those, too. Anything where you can be 100% sure which sex a chick is when it's only a day old.
 
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Oh, right, auto sexing exists, too.

Basically I'm looking to read about breeds where I could order, say, 10 female chicks, and be guaranteed to get 10 female chicks. No dealing with extra roosters sounds great to me. I'm not sure I could raise something from a fluffy little baby and then send it off to be killed if it turned out to be the wrong sex.
 
Auto sexing is two chickens of different breeds and auto sexing is chickens of the same breed right? I'm new to this.

Sex linked is using two different breeds to create chicks with characteristics specific to their sex. Example a Rhode island red over a light Sussex for red sex links.

Autosexing is a breed that, when bred to the same breed, results in chicks with characteristics specific to their sex. Example crested cream legbars
 
Oh, right, auto sexing exists, too.

Basically I'm looking to read about breeds where I could order, say, 10 female chicks, and be guaranteed to get 10 female chicks. No dealing with extra roosters sounds great to me. I'm not sure I could raise something from a fluffy little baby and then send it off to be killed if it turned out to be the wrong sex.
There are several hatcheries that will sell chicks like that. You can order straight run or only males or only females. I have never this so I can't say for sure that you really do get only what you ordered. I just know they advertise it.

Also, I apologize for highjacking your thread with my sexing question, it's a bad habit, I'm trying to get better.
 

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