Young Cape Dove Chicks

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finches247
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Hi All

Just my first cape dove chicks of this season that have fledged this week.I breed 6 last season got 6 all ready hope fully I can double this years chicks.I Have these 2 fledged from one pair and other 2 pairs have 2 young each nearly ready to fledge.

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Beautiful :D :D congratulations :thumbup:
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Very lovely birds. I have always had trouble getting 2 to independance. Usually one.

Also, if the young hit the ground, I found the parents often lose interest in them. :(
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Well done. For some reason I only ever was able to raise one young per nest. Unlike with my other dove species.
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Kudos. I had 3 young unrelated pairs set up in separate aviaries for years and fledged 1 young one. They would get them starting to feather and then stop feeding. I tried everything and took all the advice I could get. No luck.
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I must have some good parent birds then if they can raise two per nest.But my Diamond doves currently laid 4 eggs and hatched all and feeding all 4 and only doves in that aviary is that common or rare ?
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All doves to the best of my knowledge usually lay 2 eggs at a time. Hence the expression pigeon pair. They are usually one of each sex, and if one dies it is inevitably the hen. My diamond doves over the years always laid 2 eggs. So you have a gem of a pair.
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Some of the larger pigeons such as nicobars, crowned pigeons and many fruit doves only lay 1 egg.
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Myzomela wrote:Some of the larger pigeons such as nicobars, crowned pigeons and many fruit doves only lay 1 egg.
Unfortunately some mentioned in that group lay NO eggs :cry:
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There's always next year Arthur...
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