What breeds are my chickens?

Did the baby chick come from a white egg? If so, it is probably a Tetra Tint. It's a hybrid from crossing a RIR rooster and White Leghorn hen, which is what your all white hen is. The white is dominant, so the chick will be mostly white with some black spots. If it turns out to be a hen, she will lay tons of light brown large eggs.

I currently have some Tetra Tints in the incubator.
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I have one roo I believe he is a New Hampshire red and about 15 hens and that baby chick came from a brown egg... Here is an update with my hatchlings from my girls in the coop... I do think some might be mix breads. I have had 3 rounds of trying to hatch I had 3 hatch the first round a week later 3 more and my last batch only one hatched.. They are all together now seem to get along fine... Just not sure when to introduce them to my hens and trying to sex them I'm still unsure lol

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In the pic with the 3 smaller chicks two of those DID come from white eggs
 
If your only rooster is the Red guy, then your black chicks with white spots on their heads are black sex link males from a barred hen.
 
If your only rooster is the Red guy, then your black chicks with white spots on their heads are black sex link males from a barred hen.
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That makes sense. Especially since the OP said it came from a brown egg.

The other 2 that came from the white egg are likely Tetra Tints.
 
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I have 13 six week old chicks that I plan to release into pen w/3 hens soon. I was trying to wait til they were 8 weeks old. They are in a dog kennal in the pen now and 2 have escaped already. The hens didn't seem to bother them. I want to wait til a warmer day so I can watch them closer and release them after dark. This is my plan for introducing chicks.
 
Better pictures... First 3 are my oldest I think one is a barred rock... The other one I'm between a Australorp and the black sex link but the tips of her wings the feathers have come in and her wings are white on the ends.. The white one is one of my 2 white ones that hatched they are about a week younger then the first 3 and this one has that brown spot on its head the other one I'm not sure what breed it is but it was like I said a brown egg and the last one has the redder tint to it so maybe the New Hampshire red?? Not sure but again brown egg... I rescued my hens and never asked the breed..

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