What breeds are my chicks

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I have one roo I think he is a New Hampshire red
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And about 15 hens that I rescued that I'm unsure of all of there breeds I believe some are barred rocks, red stars, black stars, white leghorns, black Australorp, not 100%.
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So after I hatched some of my eggs I now have no clue what breeds some could be aside from my barred rock which I think might be a roo my two white birds I would some said tetra tent but one is bigger and all white possibly another roo and the smaller one has the black tips on the fethers.. And my others I'm not sure the breeds
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Your chicks aren't going to be any breed, a pure bred animal has to have both parents be the same breed. You've got mixed breed/barnyard mix chicks. Your barred chick will be a male sex link, other than that all bets are off.
 
I have one roo I think he is a New Hampshire red

And about 15 hens that I rescued that I'm unsure of all of there breeds I believe some are barred rocks, red stars, black stars, white leghorns, black Australorp, not 100%.
White leghorn ^
So after I hatched some of my eggs I now have no clue what breeds some could be aside from my barred rock which I think might be a roo my two white birds I would some said tetra tent but one is bigger and all white possibly another roo and the smaller one has the black tips on the fethers.. And my others I'm not sure the breeds





If you hatched the chicks off of your flock pictured above, they will be a mix of those breeds.
 
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Your chicks aren't going to be any breed, a pure bred animal has to have both parents be the same breed. You've got mixed breed/barnyard mix chicks. Your barred chick will be a male sex link, other than that all bets are off.
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Your chicks aren't going to be any breed, a pure bred animal has to have both parents be the same breed. You've got mixed breed/barnyard mix chicks. Your barred chick will be a male sex link, other than that all bets are off.
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That makes since just wasn't sure if since some seem so dominiate to what the hens were if that changed... Like my two white chicks one looks like a tetra tint with a few black feathers but the other is pure white. Thank you for the answers!!
 
Leghorns carry dominant white, so pretty much any mix with a Leghorn parent is going to be mostly white with some random bits of color, no matter what you breed it to.

Black is also a strong dominant color and will over-ride most other colors, so a bird with one black parent is often all or mostly black.

A barred hen bred to a non-white, non-barred rooster will give sex linked offspring. Males are barred, females are solid.
 

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