In the back of a house in the Flint, 200 pigeons coo and strut and sleep, waiting. The birds belong to Bill Desmarais. Next weekend, some of them will join 1,200 feathered fliers in a race. That race ...

JANESVILLE, Wis.—Dale Herion scanned the low, overcast skies, fretting the return of his newest squadron of young racing pigeons to their lofts in his backyard. It was their first race, and they were ...

An imaginary race track in the sky and a sense of knowing where to fly is all a pigeon needs to find its way back home. Nestled out in rural Andalusia, three tiny yellow houses in Denny and Jeannine ...

PETOSKEY — Sensing opportunities for children and teens to learn and have fun, Mike Netzky hopes to see pigeon racing take flight as a pastime in Northern Michigan. Netzky, a Springvale Township ...

For youth who are interested in raising an animal, but don’t have the room or budget for large livestock, racing pigeons might offer an option. The Flying Clovers 4-H Racing Pigeon Club is in its ...