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At least that will make it easy to breed more: you know their father carries the gene, so breed them back to him, and half of the offspring should be white. I'm guessing that only one of the hens carries that gene, so 1/4 of HER chicks would be white (with the original rooster). But the other...

You could try it both ways and see which one seems to give the best results. Or you could outcross to black Australorps: breed a white to a black, then cross their chicks back to white to get 50% white chicks but with some less-related genes. If they all start from black Australorps, and the...

Probably yes. If the white is caused by a recessive gene, then every white chick is already pure for that gene. Breeding them to their parents should produce more white chicks, who are also pure for the gene that makes them white. And breeding white ones to each other should produce only...

If you breed a white male to black hens, EVERY black chick they produce will be split to white. No test breeding needing.

If it's a cockerel, breeding to all the original hens should give a few more white chicks, and a lot more black ones that carry the gene for white. So either gender could be used to produce more white ones. (Which option is easier depends on who is doing it, and how many pens of chickens they...