Help! 22/23 week old Chickens! Breed/gender?!

[RaisingEden]

They’re definitely cockerels They have a male specific feather pattern, with the reddish hackle and saddle feathers and black breast feathers. They look like they have tiny crests, so I’m guessing they’re olive eggers with Legbar somewhere in their parentage.

The breed sounds about spot on, thinking about the breeds seen in the flock we got the mixed eggs from. My only bafflement is that they're around 23 weeks and still acting very much like hens! All my other roosters were very bitch by 16 weeks and crowing! Maybe late bloomers? I will definitely update everyone!
Thank you so much for replying!

 

[LaFleche]

My only bafflement is that they're around 23 weeks and still acting very much like hens! All my other roosters were very bitch by 16 weeks and crowing! Maybe late bloomers?

If you have other more mature rooster(s) in this flock or in near proximity it can suppress the hormonal and behavioral development of the younger or less dominant males.