Please help sex these 6 week old chicks (RIR, EE, BR, and L Brahma)

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Hey all,
I want to update you on these chicks.
Only one, the LB, turned out to be a roo. I found him a good home on a farm.
I gave 3 pullets to my sister and the other 6 are happy and healthy in our backyard!


Even though the two that were supposed to be sex links don't have any white feathers, they are a little lighter than the two that are supposed to be RIR/PR.
They have an almost orange tint to their feathers.
I found this on the sex links info page on Feathersite. I thought you might be interested. Maybe this explains it.

SEX LINKS
Females hatch out buff or red also depending on cross, and they feather out in one of three ways.

1. Buff with white or tinted undercolor (such as Golden Comet, Rhode Island Red x Rhode Island White)
2. Red with White or tinted undercolor (Cinnamon Queen)
3. Red with Red undercolor (Delaware x Production Red) (In this color pattern it is almost impossible to distinguish daughters' color from father's color.)
 

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