Pot-Luck...Easy gender tell?

[Swampwood]

Hi, My local feed store has a run full of chicks(at least a hundred) from 2days old to 2wks old. It's a complete mix and strait run leftovers from chick breeder/farm no-sales, Store owner has no idea what breeds he got, is no help.. Probably at least six different breeds in run and there only $1.50, I only want hens, is there any breeds easy to tell or anything I could look for in this run?

 

[Break an Egg]

Look at the older chicks and make sure you are buying chicks with little combs and no red on the combs. Also, anything that has thick legs with a large red comb and taller than the others is going to be a roo.

 

[aussieheelr]

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I agree grab the thin legged, perky chickens with the smaller combs with little to no red in them. Also most of the time, not always, hens will develope their tail feathers before roos will. Not always true, but would be a good indicator.