Ringneck doves outdoors for the winter?

[toejam]

Can you keep ringneck doves outside year round in Ohio? I have a pair now and was wondering if I could leave them in my new aviary year round. If not, ill bring em in for the winter.

 

[juriches]

I live in Utah and have flocks of those ring-necked doves that stay all year long. If there is food and shelter (like a big evergreen tree) and water, they do just fine.

 

[Towman72gmc]

Doves and pigeons can take some really cold weather so long as they have someplace to get out of the wind. Birds don't do well with drafts. I had a friend that raised cockatiels outside year round in Maryland.

 

[toejam]

Thanks so much!

 

[DuranAndy]

I also live in Utah and I give my doves a heat lamp in the winter, but I don't think they even need it. As long as they stay dry they should be okay.

 

[95yj]

a pair might not do so well, you might need more birds to keep eachother warm

 

[toejam]

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There will be a pair of mandarin ducks And a pair of ringed teal, and possibly more. In the future I will have bronzewing doves.I may still bring them inside, now I know it isn't a sure way to kill them if I left em out.