John Doc McLean holds one his top racing birds, which he refers to as Silver due to the color of its feathers. Most of the pigeons are simply called by their assigned number; McLean explained that ...

Chicago pigeon racing fans won’t see their birds come home to roost as fast as they hoped. An ordinance to let breeders of homing pigeons keep them in lofts in Chicago was held in committee Monday.

They left with a new appreciation of pigeons and that’s something pigeon people are always trying to instill.” While the sport of pigeon racing has received much publicity and the remarkable homing ...