Guest spin cycle Posted January 10, 2011 Report Posted January 10, 2011 what do members think 'workingmans' prices for pigeons....i think 15-20 pounds for ybs and 25-70 pounds for stock
Guest homestead Posted January 10, 2011 Report Posted January 10, 2011 what do members think 'workingmans' prices for pigeons....i think 15-20 pounds for ybs and 25-70 pounds for stock £25-00 max
Guest mick bowler Posted January 10, 2011 Report Posted January 10, 2011 I've got BHW's and year books here going back 30 odd years. Average price of Ybs in the early 1980's was £25-£30 each! You only got to look at how the prices of everything else has gone up (as well as wages) to see that a workings mans price is more now than it was then!! To answer the question i would say £50-£100 depending on breeding.
JohnQuinn Posted January 10, 2011 Report Posted January 10, 2011 £30-£50 for a young bird, up to £100-£150 for a stock bird. Only problem is at these prices you are limited to what quality you will get for your money. So i think if you are a working man like me you have to do as i do, Save up and buy fewer but better. jmo
DJWa Posted January 10, 2011 Report Posted January 10, 2011 up to £50 for a y/b and up to £500 for a quality proven stock bird
Guest spin cycle Posted January 10, 2011 Report Posted January 10, 2011 up to £50 for a y/b and up to £500 for a quality proven stock bird blimey...50 quid for a yb to let out and never see again and 500 for something that can fall off its perch in the night.....can workingmen afford this???
sapper756 Posted January 10, 2011 Report Posted January 10, 2011 Upto £50 for a youngster, and £250 for a decent stock birdhttp://forum.pigeonbasics.org/public/style_emoticons/default/emoticon-0138-thinking.gif
JohnQuinn Posted January 10, 2011 Report Posted January 10, 2011 blimey...50 quid for a yb to let out and never see again and 500 for something that can fall off its perch in the night.....can workingmen afford this??? Looks like we can.
Guest BRYANBROCK Posted January 10, 2011 Report Posted January 10, 2011 blimey...50 quid for a yb to let out and never see again and 500 for something that can fall off its perch in the night.....can workingmen afford this??? well this workman certainly cant
clockman Posted January 10, 2011 Report Posted January 10, 2011 up to £50 for a y/b and up to £500 for a quality proven stock birdgeez a job,
JohnQuinn Posted January 10, 2011 Report Posted January 10, 2011 Its no secret that i bought Budgie's Y/B's on this site for £360 the pair. Your right they can disappear when you let them out but i was fortunate and they are both flying round with my hens and are doing great in general. geez a job, You must be on the sauce George, asking for a Job!!!
dal2 Posted January 10, 2011 Report Posted January 10, 2011 Suppose you pay wot you can afford for wot you really want you might have to stretch a bit but worth it for the right stock IMO
Guest mick bowler Posted January 10, 2011 Report Posted January 10, 2011 Well i suppose it begs the question what is a working mans wage? so what you spend will depend on size of your disposable income, the same as the size of house you live in or the type/age of car you drive. Personally i wouldnt expect someone who has paid £1000's for the parents of a pigeon i am interested in to sell it for me for £25!
clockman Posted January 10, 2011 Report Posted January 10, 2011 Its no secret that i bought Budgie's Y/B's on this site for £360 the pair. Your right they can disappear when you let them out but i was fortunate and they are both flying round with my hens and are doing great in general. You must be on the sauce George, asking for a Job!!! if thats working mans prices aye
OLDYELLOW Posted January 10, 2011 Report Posted January 10, 2011 like anything a pigeon is only ever worth the price your willing to pay so if too much you either haggle or walk away , I think £30 for a pigeon is reasonable given the price of corn and the cost to keep stock birds , however stock or proven racers will all depend on how much you can keep the wife from spending :lol: :lol:
geordie1234 Posted January 10, 2011 Report Posted January 10, 2011 I think aslong as your comfortable paying the price an your not going without to buy a bag a feathers it doesnt matter just aslong as its justified omo
Guest IB Posted January 10, 2011 Report Posted January 10, 2011 I know I paid around £900 for 4 pigeons, and ended up losing 2 of them trying to break them. I don't think that is working men's prices because it took me a long while to get that money together. But I was prepared to pay it at the time because I thought they would improve my loft out of sight. Got that one 50% right anyhow, they went over the garden hedge out of sight and that's the last I saw of them.
aye ready Posted January 10, 2011 Report Posted January 10, 2011 Never paid over the top prices for any pigeon but the ones i've bought over the years some were crap and some were ok for the price i paid for them,even tho' i've never paid BIG money i've been more than capable of holding my own when it comes to racing in a 30+ member club,looking forward to 2011 all the best
yeboah Posted January 10, 2011 Report Posted January 10, 2011 With the cost of feeding as it is i would say £20-£25 for a youngster and up to £100 for a really good old un ,38 years in the sport and never paid above £100 for birds direct of national winners and never once charged for a doo ,gives me great pleasure breeding good ones for others ,couple year ago west section winner who timed six on night from channel timed a yearling i bred for him was his second on night,bred a friend in our fed one he toped the fed open young bird race the one i bred him was home 5min before his winner wouldn't go in ,had all my best ones for free imo thats what the sport lacks nowadays
alec guinness Posted January 10, 2011 Report Posted January 10, 2011 I know I paid around £900 for 4 pigeons, and ended up losing 2 of them trying to break them. I don't think that is working men's prices because it took me a long while to get that money together. But I was prepared to pay it at the time because I thought they would improve my loft out of sight. Got that one 50% right anyhow, they went over the garden hedge out of sight and that's the last I saw of them. thats tough ian,i was all over the uk as a teenager spending every penny i had buying youngsters some direct off english national winners, my old dad would shake his head on my return!!!!,we still work with the bloodlines from the old gamekeeper a mile up the road who would slip me a youngster when helping with the pheasants,at the time i was unwilling sometimes to accept these birds(i was a foolish boy)very few if any of those non west of scotland types stood the test of time. :)
robbiedoo. Posted January 10, 2011 Report Posted January 10, 2011 thats tough ian,i was all over the uk as a teenager spending every penny i had buying youngsters some direct off english national winners, my old dad would shake his head on my return!!!!,we still work with the bloodlines from the old gamekeeper a mile up the road who would slip me a youngster when helping with the pheasants,at the time i was unwilling sometimes to accept these birds(i was a foolish boy)very few if any of those non west of scotland types stood the test of time. :) what is a west of scotland type of doo . the most i would pay for a youngeen is £50 do you think i would get one for that price
Guest stb- Posted January 10, 2011 Report Posted January 10, 2011 Its no secret that i bought Budgie's Y/B's on this site for £360 the pair. Your right they can disappear when you let them out but i was fortunate and they are both flying round with my hens and are doing great in general. You must be on the sauce George, asking for a Job!!!AYE THE 2 A BOUGHT THE SAME WAY WERE FLYING IN AND OOT AND BOTH DISSAPEARED FOR A FEW DAYS BUT RETURNED THEMSELVES AND GOT A FEW TRAINER TAE
BANDIT Posted January 10, 2011 Report Posted January 10, 2011 WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE NOT WORKING OR STUGGLING IN THE RECESSION I THINK THE PRICE OF YBS AND STOCK WILL DECREASE,NO POINT TRYING TO OVERPRICE BIRDS THAT WONT SELL,THERE IS ALWAYS THE EXCEPTIONS AS WE CAN SEE ON PIPA,FANCIERS WILL GO BACK TO SWAPPING YBS OFF THEIR BEST LIKE THEY DONE YEARS AGO.JMO.
Guest stb- Posted January 10, 2011 Report Posted January 10, 2011 what is a west of scotland type of doo . the most i would pay for a youngeen is £50 do you think i would get one for that price WEST OF SCOTLAND DOO ?? BIRDS THAT RACE INTO THIS AREA CONSISTANTLY AS NOT MANY INCOMMERS HACK IT ROBBIE , THEY DONT LAST AND AS ALEX SAID BIRDS FROM NAT WINNERS ETC NOT WORTH A SHEITE
geordie1234 Posted January 10, 2011 Report Posted January 10, 2011 Why do people constantly sell burds do some people see it as a earner or a hobbie
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