Sexing chicks

[Burning Beard]

My mix of straight run chicks (speckled sussex, jersey giant, RIR, and 2 mystery) are 4 weeks old today. Is there a way to tell the sex of the chicks yet? I assume there is since you can order day old hens or roos but I'm not exactly sure how to do it. Any and all help is appreciated.

 

[TouchO'Lass]

I'm pretty new at this stuff myself, but until the more learned ones sign in, I'll give it a shot:

Ya can't.

Just Kidding!! A Lot of BYC folks with more experience can give you an idea if you could post some pics.
In the meantime, these two sites describe sexing them as day olds, and the bottom paragraph is from the second reference site.

http://animalsciences.missouri.edu/reprod/ReproTech/Feathersex/index.htm

http://msucares.com/poultry/management/poultry_sexing.html

"The most convenient method of sexing chickens by the small flock owner is to care for the birds until they begin showing the natural secondary characteristics of their sex. In males, the combs and wattles will become larger than those on females and the head will become more angular and masculine looking. The female will remain smaller than the male and is more refined or feminine looking. In some varieties the feathers of each sex will develop a characteristic color pattern that identifies it. These varieties of birds are similar to the feather-sex strains of chickens discussed above. Sexing based on secondary sex characteristics can usually be performed after chicks attain 4 to 6 weeks of age."

I thought I saw something on the traits at around 4 weeks. I'll keep looking...