Pullets or Cockerels (Hen/Roo)? 4.5 weeks old... Dark Brahma?

Samanternat

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Brand new to this! Can anyone more experienced help me determine if these 4.5-week-old chicks are female or not? Unfortunately, I won't be able to keep Roosters where I live. Bonus if you could tell me what breed they are! :)

As you can see, they had almost identical "chipmunk" patterns as young chicks from head to tail, I told them apart mostly by Winnie's pattern being more defined with more yellow tint around the face and Happy Feet's pattern being overall more fluffy and a paler yellow around the face. Once they started feathering more, they were briefly almost too identical to tell apart, but now they have more clear pattern differences to me.

Chick 1 (Happy Feet)
@ almost 1 Week Old
(Happy Feet left, Winnie Right)
Chick 2 (Winnie)
@ 1.5 Week Old
(Winnie in front, Happy Feet in Back)

Chick 1 & 2 (Winnie/Happy Feet)
@ 3 weeks old (Happy Feet in Front, Winnie in Back)

Chick 1 (Happy Feet)
@ 4.5 weeks old (currently)
Chick 2 (Winnie)
@ 4.5 weeks old (currently)
 
They are both Dark Brahmas and currently looking like pullets, but brahmas sometimes take awhile to mature so I am not going to say 100% pullets this early.
 
Oh my goodness, those babies are adorable! What beautiful feathers they have now, too!
Those look like dark Brahmas to me, given their combs and feathered legs.
 
Thank you all so much already for breed ID! So helpful. Hoping the majority is right on this one and that they are both female! :)
 
I have some updated photos of my chickens at just over 6 weeks! I’m getting nervous. Please be 2 pullets… any thoughts? (or encouragement…hope? lol) 🤞❤️‍🩹 They have feathered/grown at the exact same rate and have very similar temperaments.

Also I suspect they are not full/pure Dark Brahmas… maybe a mix? I’m the farthest from an expert but have been "researching" a lot and there are some differences I’ve noticed (it’s hard to see in these photos but, fluffy cheeks?).
They’re back inside right now because I’m finishing some work on their coop.

Happy Feet L/Winnie R
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Happy Feet
No comb at all???
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Cheeks
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Winnie
Pea comb…
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Same pattern as Happy Feet mostly but some differences
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Cheeks are fluffier than Happy Feet’s!
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Thanks in advance for weighing in!!:)
 

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