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Anyone know about Doves???

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What kind of doves are they? I guess larger outdoor...

I've got 5 Diamond Doves which are little indoor birds, kept similarly to budgies.

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I started off with a pair who regularly lay and sit on eggs, but the eggs are so small that they can crack easily.

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The babies hatch too but can get squashed or cold - I had one both at the start of this week but unfortunately died.

 

Saying that I've got 3 babies that are now adults :D

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A girl I used to work with a few years ago kept doves. She got them as adults, not babies but I seem to remember she had to net them into the dovecote for a few weeks to 'home' them. Even so, one disappeared as soon as she removed the netting and was last seen fraternising with the local pigeon population :lol: They also used to breed like crazy and she was forever removing eggs otherwise she would have ended up with hundreds of them!

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