prices of pigeons

[jimmy white]

We don't make money as a stud! We were selling pigeons from £40 each at Blackpool! Even at this price you are still getting children of winners or brothers and sisters to winners. We also give many birds away to charity auctions, I have also loaned out at least 6 pigeons this year to new commers to the sport and people returning to the sport. Just from one pair I loaned out last year the person bred 8 pigeons and still has 7 after a tough youngbird program.

What annoys me is when people by pigeons for £20 when the pigeons are so far from winners it's amazing it knows how to fly! No one can gaurantee winners from any pigeon but I don't see the point in wasting £20 on something that has the slimest of chances of producing a good bird when you can get a child or relative of a winner for £40 and give yourself a better chance. You get what you pay for! But I do agree thousands of pounds for a pigeon isn't nessaccery

 

i must say i do agree with tumley lofts post,, paying £40 for a pigeon that is bred from winners/prizewinners is great [ive seen these birds and they are topping birds,, its the £500 and £ 1000 birds that your not even sure what their bred from really , that begginners get gulled and think they can buy success , many are genuine sellers at reasonable prices , but there is the odd unscrupulous ones that quite easily gull the begginner , what gets me is some think, the more you pay, the better the bird, but  in my opinion[and experience]  this is not neccessary true