Are 'Hollow Back and Clipped Shoulder' Racing Pigeons Really Speed Pigeons? When it comes to racing pigeons, characteristics like a hollow back and clipped shoulders often spark debate among ...

The Inception of a Champion Bloodline The foundation for ‘Singing Rose’ 704 can be traced back to strategic pairings in her ancestry. The initial generation consisted of a gray-white bar male, known ...

And right up until the invention of the telegraph, in 1844, homing pigeons remained the fastest way to send messages across long distances. The birds can fly for 1,000 miles in one race and can ...

including breeding fancy pigeons and racing pigeons. But these days, due to attrition, the pigeon scene is not what it once was, although there is a renewed hope that this city can get back some o ...

People would raise homing pigeons to race them—they’d have a pigeon loft, train the pigeons, and then load up the birds of all the pigeon club members into a backet. They’d drive the baskets ...

Her colleagues confirmed backflipping is a recessive trait by breeding racing homer pigeons with parlor rollers; none of the hybrid offspring rolled. When hybrid birds were bred together ...

The owner of one of Wiltshire’s most unique pets has spoken about the joys of life with the birds. Pam Welfare, 40, who was born in Wales but now lives in Market Lavington, has had her pet racing ...

Kolkata's once-thriving pigeon racing culture has seen a significant decline, with only a few enthusiasts remaining from a ...

The Andrews Animal Shelter has a flying mystery on its hands. A tame and tagged pigeon was found in town this week and animal ...