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A chick that reddens before it's even done feathering is male. Not too soon on this one.

@adeleg76 That's not red, that's barely pink. Looks like a pullet. See the post right before yours for what red looks like.

@saikkia There isn't a hint of pink on that comb. The only thing giving me pause is how naked it is. Some "Leghorns" are bred for wing sexing so the slowness could be a male sign. Leghorns are normally fast feathering and a four-wheek chick is typically fully covered or close to it.

Sexlinks often mature on the early side so the others are likely to catch up shortly. As long as you got hatchery bred chicks, they're all female.

That's not red, it's pullet pink. And yes, the wattles blush before the comb sometimes. Entirely normal for 7-8 weeks.

Looking female so far. Not sure what you're seeing that concerns you?

Much too young. Take pictures when it has feathers.

1 and 4 are looking like cockerels and 2 looks promising for pullet with the head poof. It's too early on 3. You either have some very late feathering chicks or only the Polish are 6 weeks.

Probably pullet. The males tend to mature very early and most would have red color by now.

Of course they are! The males have white down and feather in white, the females have gold to red down and feather in white at first and then orangey red. It really is 99.99% BTW, the only reason it's not 100% is that a male chick occasionally occurs that's white with faint gold stripes and it...