Supposedly Barnefelders and Wyandotts...

Snow White could have recessive white, which means any color could be hiding under that white. So both mothers are possible. However I'm guessing that Snow White was the mother.
Well, neither of them ACT like a mother. (Nature is funny that way!) Henrietta was the lowest on the totem pole, and she makes it her goal to chase Becky relentlessly. Snow White is the top hen. She was the first to be ok with Becky joining them.
But I have to admit, Becky takes it in stride. She just moves away a few steps and then Circles back. It’s getting better over time.
It took Becky 8 months to lay eggs and join the flock. She lived with the goats until then.
 
... but, I don’t think so!
The white ones and black and while ones came together as a batch of chicks. The brown one hatched here from these hens.
If anyone would like to try and identify these birds, that would be great!

I'm sure none of them are Wyandottes, and they probably aren't even half-Wyandotte.
Wyandottes are all supposed to have rose combs, and those birds do not. Because rose comb is dominant, it also shows up in Wyandotte-cross chicks.

If the chicks were bred by someone who does not know what kinds he has, I'm guessing they're not pure anything. But if they're chickens originally bought from a hatchery or feed store, then Barred Rock, White Rock, and Delaware are likely. The brown hen probably has a white mother, not a black/barred mother.
 
If the chicks were bred by someone who does not know what kinds he has, I'm guessing they're not pure anything.
That’s my guess too!
Henrietta to me looks different from the Barred Rocks I see in pictures.
As chicks 6 out of 9 looked the same, like Henrietta. Then the roosters got added colours. They all looked like Gonzalo. One of the roosters had a rose comb. Out of the 3 white ones, one (Friendly) has almost no tail. The one that the hawk took (her name was Speckles), had speckles like Friendly, only more.
 

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