I would think that if they are unwanted stock birds they are no use to anyone,allthough you will see birds advertised for other reasons that may be fine.
Just wondering why you go back to a much dearer brand when racing starts,do you think its a better quality,just trying to see what others think about quality and price.
The thing is how do you measure quality,I to race mainly on corn I get from a farm only yesterday I went to get 6 bags of barley and 4 bags of beans but is it better in quality than if I had bought say a bag of verse laga from the local shop at probably 3 times the price.
Not trying to run down the Benzing but Ithink you will find the ones used in the USA is the top model that benzing make which costs loads more than the one over here,check out the size of the pads with this system also they are very small compared to the others.
Anyone got any information about this pigeon,I know its a Staff Van Reet but would like to know what it was bred off,and what the offspring were like off it,a picture or pedigree would be good.