Line breeding, or something close, salmon Faverolles

[BarefootHomestead33]

I have a flock of 18 hens and 5 roosters. Two of my roosters are close to SOP but miss it by points on their combs (both have seven points and one is uneven.) the hens I have picked meet SOP. If I line breed them, as pictured, and flip roosters to create to Gen 4 batches, would this be a good breeding program?
This will be my first year breeding to a standard and not just breeding mutts for personal use.

 

[BarefootHomestead33]

This is what the other "like" would look like.
This would mean that both fourth generations would share great-grandparents.

 

[Frog Bog]

Line breeding will intensify the faults in your flock. You'll want to hatch a bunch and cull heavily to keep the faults under control. Even then the fault will not go away fully. To start out a Spiral breeding system might work out a little better. It's like line breeding but might help eliminate or at least minimize some faults. Hatch and cull heavily, keeping your best in each family for breeding.

http://www.pathfindersfarm.com/Spiral.html

 

[BarefootHomestead33]

I don't have a third set to use at the moment though

 

[Frog Bog]

You can start with 2 families and use one of the offspring cockerels for the third family next season. Or if another of your current males is decent you can use him and have 3 families.

But straight line breeding is just fine as well. Here is a good article on it.

https://ultimatefowl.wordpress.com/2009/02/11/line-breeding/

 

[BarefootHomestead33]

You can start with 2 families and use one of the offspring cockerels for the third family next season. Or if another of your current males is decent you can use him and have 3 families.

But straight line breeding is just fine as well. Here is a good article on it.

https://ultimatefowl.wordpress.com/2009/02/11/line-breeding/

Thank you! Very informative read