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There's one called "Genetics of the Fowl" by F.B. Hutt, but it was published so many years ago it's hard to find and/or expensive. Also, some new things have been discovered since then. But a lot of it still relevant. You might be able to get it through a library. I've mostly used the internet...

Barred Rock, Crested Cream Legbar, and male Black Sexlinks would have barring--so your barred chick should have one of those breeds as one parent. Black chicks could come from having one parent be Lavender Orpington, Black Sexlink, Barred Rock, Ayam Cemani, or Ameraucana (if it's black or blue...

Cuckoo Marans and Creme Legbars both have barring, so one of those might be the other parent of the barred chick.

OP has a different thread here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/mysterious-ayam-mix.1416497/ Several posters on that thread insisted that these chicks could not even be MIXES of Ayam Cemani, and suggested the genetics forum as a suitable place to look for more answers. Obviously...

The one with the pale dot looks barred. Do you know what other breeds your friend has? I'm thinking your chick might have an Ayam Cemani mother and some other father. Or else the egg was laid by a different kind of hen and just looked like the ones the Ayam Cemani lays. Barring is caused by...