i have kepy pigeons or some type of bird all my life(34 years) firstly with my dad and when i got married i started on my own and personally i have never paid more than £60 for a pigeon. i believe that i have good stockmanship and by pairing the right birds together you will breed winners.When i first moved to norfolk i started racing again and being on a limited income got birds that were free off of fanciers that were packing up for what ever reason, the 1st race i entered i was 1st club (by 87 ypm) and 3 fed 1800 birds and then did not finish out side the top 6 for the rest of the season this was done in a very unfavourable position. I then packed up the birds but started again last year only to move before yb season started, again i got birds from various sources paying no more than £20 a bird, one bird i bred was entered into the fed breeder buyer and was raced by a friend , the said bird winning 1st club, 2nd fed 1st section , 21st open nrcc dunbar
my opinion is that you dont need to pay a fortune to breed good birds as i think i have proved with my own birds