What are your doves' favourite foods?

[WhiteFeathers]

Sunflower hearts are what my doves like best, but can anyone recommend other delicacies that I might tempt them with?

It is a serious question because I am concerned that my newly acquired six white doves might be tempted away to team up with a colony of twelve or more doves that live very close nearby. So far all is well because, from when I got them, my doves know that in the late afternoon every day I put out sunflower hearts for them which they definitely don't want to miss! (They have poultry corn etc for the rest of the day.)

I have only had my doves for four weeks. Just four days ago I let them out of their temporary cage to fly free, and it is wonderful watching them circling high up, silhouetted against the blue sky, and then swooping back down to the dovecote. Sheer magic! It was probably a bit soon to let them out, but as two of them set about nesting immediately after I got them (the eggs have just hatched) I thought that with luck they would probably all stick around. And indeed they have, and they do seem very relaxed and happy. And they know that every afternoon they will get their sunflower hearts! But I am still concerned about them wondering whether it might be more fun with the next door neighbours.

Any suggestions from anyone?

Elisabeth