Lamg
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- Apr 19, 2022
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Domesticated ringneck doves used to be commonly released during the fledgling season. I tried it too and they came back without any problems.
It is important to let them go only if you have a large garden and clear terrain around the aviary. It is also important that the birds from the aviary see the surrounding landscape for several weeks and know where they are, because, unlike pigeons, they follow a visual map of the terrain. If you release a ringneck dove that was raised in an apartment, after release it will find itself in a completely "new unknown world" and get lost because it only knows the environment of the apartment. On the contrary, birds that have a view of the surroundings return without problems.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/free-flying-ringneck-doves.665185/#post_8979597
It is important to let them go only if you have a large garden and clear terrain around the aviary. It is also important that the birds from the aviary see the surrounding landscape for several weeks and know where they are, because, unlike pigeons, they follow a visual map of the terrain. If you release a ringneck dove that was raised in an apartment, after release it will find itself in a completely "new unknown world" and get lost because it only knows the environment of the apartment. On the contrary, birds that have a view of the surroundings return without problems.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/free-flying-ringneck-doves.665185/#post_8979597
