Prettiest chicken breeds and plumage color

[redinator]

No, Ermine Ameraucanas are not currently recognized by the APA. as they are considered a project breed that is in the process of meeting the APA. She came from hatching eggs from eBay. I had really bad luck out of two sellers and 18 eggs I only got 3 chicks. She was the only Ermine color. I was fortunate enough to get a black ameraucana roo and a white Ameraucana hen in the same hatch. I plan to breed and hatch more next spring in hopes the get more so I can breed Ermine to Ermine. Maybe in the future I'll have hatching eggs. View attachment 4203127

Just curious, does it matter in this instance which is the roo and which is the hen? I've been told for sex-links it does, I'm just not sure if it applies here though.

Edit: Disregard . . . I see I'm not the first to ask the question

 

[AinaWGSD]

It does not matter which is the roo and which is the hen. Erminette is not sex linked, its just one copy of dominant white which allows for black to show through the white (most white birds are actually black, but two copies of dominant white changes the black to white).

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Great news! Now all I need is a white rooster!

 

[AinaWGSD]

Great news! Now all I need is a white rooster!

*dominant white. I'm sure there are other genes at play to get that many nice bold splotches of color, but I don't know about that. I just know that erminette and paint are one copy of dominant white over (usually) black.

 

[redinator]

*dominant white.

How do you know if a rooster is dominant white? Is there a DNA test for it or something?

 

[Rose the Legbar]

How do you know if a rooster is dominant white? Is there a DNA test for it or something?

A dominant white rooster will have pink/white legs if I am remembering correctly. I have a friend with a dominate white roo with pink legs because of those genes.
i may be wrong, dont quote me on anything

 

[AinaWGSD]

How do you know if a rooster is dominant white? Is there a DNA test for it or something?

You could test breed. If you breed a dominant white rooster to a not white hen all the resulting chicks should be white (yellow chick down, maybe with small spots of color). If the rooster is recessive white, then none of the chicks will white (assuming the hen doesn't carry recessive white).

Some breeds (i don't know which ones) are known to be either dominant or recessive white, so knowing the breed might help figure out which kind of white you're working with.

Eta: As far as I'm aware, dominant white has no effect on skin/shank color. For example, white leghorns are (usually) dominant white and are required to have yellow legs by the breed standard.