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Yours are already at the age when I would expect it to be easy :( Some chickens mature at different rates. The ones who follow the usual pattern are fairly easy, but the ones at either extreme are hard. Fast-maturing females can be mis-identified as males, and slow-maturing males can be...

Hmm. I think the 4th one (smallest comb, dark band on her right leg) is probably a female. But I am really not sure about the others. At their age, I would expect males to have combs & wattles that are larger & redder than that. But I would expect females to have combs & wattles that are...

There are quite a few ways to mark chickens. Yes, nail polish can work. Or you can put plastic zip ties around one leg of each bird (leave it loose enough to not squish the leg, and cut off the loose end so they cannot pull it tighter.) Or you can buy legbands (same idea as the zip ties, but...

I agree.

If that chicken is less than 3 months old, I agree it is most likely male.