ringneck doves

I raise ring neck doves. They breed easily and are good parents. I can usually tell if their eggs are fertile or infertile without even candeling them because if an egg is dark its usually always a healthy chick on the way. It just happened that 4 of my breeding pairs all laid eggs within 1 or...

Howdy! I have just been given an exceedingly elderly female ringneck dove, and am considering getting her a companion. She currently lives in a room containing two other cages with her mate and daughter of some years ago, but is going to be moved soon to a new home very far away. At this new...

I am posting this in the hope of gaining some insight into these vocalizations my female Ringneck dove, Sable, has been making. Sable is almost 1 year old (my husband and I have had her since she was approximately 4 months old). She has been making these sounds more frequently lately, however...

Hello, My dove is 3 years old male. He is usually a bit heavy and round around the breast. However, today he feels very light. I weighed him and he's about 109 grams. He definitely lost weight and I noticed that he is not eating, but is activie and cooing. I'd like to add that he got a new mate...

Hello! Apologies if this is the wrong place for this. Hoping to get a ringneck dove as a pet early next year after the holidays. I'm not having much luck finding any in my area via Craigslist/local buy-sell groups, etc. Is anyone breeding and selling these birds in Colorado? I'd ideally like a...

Hi, I have two ringneck doves that are both one year old a month ago. They're siblings, and I'm very sure one is a boy and not sure about the other one. I couldn't find a new home for the boy and so I released him early afternoon into my neighborhood. A friend down the street had two escape and...

Last month I brought home a pair of Barbary/ringneck doves, 1 male and 1 female per cage. I've seen others use an open nest and attached it to the inside wall of the cage. I don't have one but will get one soon. What I do know from research (correct me if wrong): - Doves will utilize an open...