2 pairs of ringneck doves together?

[bexbirds]

Someone wants one of my doves: a young male. They have a 6x4x2' flight cage with one male and two females currently. I have only ever had one pair so I'm not sure how well that would work. Should I let her buy him?

any thoughts are appreciated.

thanks!!

[Yeka]

Do you know if the male has chosen one of the females for his mate? Also, do you know if the buyer intends to breed the birds? From what I understand, the females usually have no problem being housed together but males can bicker.

The man that i bought my pair from had several dozen doves that he kept in half of a storage shed. He had no problems, but he was not trying to breed them either.

[birdlady49]

I have found that males will fight, even if the flight or cage is huge. For that reason, I have only housed one male (either single or paired with a female) in each of my flights. It's frustrating for me since I could easily consolidate three flights into two. But I can't since the males immediately start batting their wings at each other.

My friend has a 30-foot outdoor flight filled with doves and I witness the occasional fight among males. Maybe that's how large it would have to be in order to have some semblance of peace.

[birdsnreps]

i guess i was lucky, i had a huge cage with somewhere between 12-16 ringneck doves who were paired up and breeding when i was younger, never had any probs with aggression, and all but one were very tame

[LilacCrownedAmazonLover]

Yes you can house 2 pairs of doves together...

I have and it's worked fine..
But she has to watch them closley also she doesn't need another male.
The male she has will mate with both.

[asurademon]

I'm not the only one whom has dealt with the males fighting problem I see. I had a mixed species aviary (zebra finches, japanese quail, budgies, ringneck doves, and a single peach faced love bird, I also had cockatiels in the mix at some point as well, but I don't think I still had doves at that point) and the different species got along great, but I did have male doves that fought with one another.

Keeping multiple pairs together can be done, but you have to keep a close watch on them to make sure that if they are fighting you can get to them in time and separate them for a while if need be, as well as deal with any wounds.

I unfortunately was still really inexperienced with birds when I had this mixed species aviary (it was a long time ago), and lost a few doves to aggression between the males.

[LilacCrownedAmazonLover]

as asureademon stated :

Watch them very carefully
I have seen males even chase feels and beat them to the point I had to intervine and seperate them.
If you see any feather plucking .. closed eyelids ( constantly) even a hint of blood.. wings held off to side..
They may have gotten into a fight.
I've pulled chicks from days old and fed them.

Doves can be complex sometimes

[Corkiebrd]

Ring neck doves, are one of the few birds we keep as pets, that can be released. And there's a very good possibility that they'll choose to remain close, or return home daily.
I had a pair of males that were dislodged from their nest at 3 days old, that I hand raised last spring. And, when they fledged, I started releasing them. I trained then to come on call, with a food treats, as a reward. To identify them, I painted their tail feathers, one with Red the other with Blue magic marker, and that also became their names. They returned home to eat daily till they discovered enough outside food sources to feed for them selves, and discovered girl birds are for more than chasing. The last I saw of them, Blue started bringing me twigs.

Corkiebrd