[Coo-Coo Doves]

Hi! I'm new to this website, but I've owned one female ringneck dove for about 2 years now. A few months ago I got a male dove, and they are now bonded.

They are sitting on fertile eggs which should hatch on the 23rd. Is there anything special I need to do when the eggs hatch? Or will the parents know what they should do?

Thanks,
Coo-Coo doves

 

[Marina B]

The parents will know what to do. But to be on the safe side, just keep an eye on them to make sure both babies get fed.

 

[Coo-Coo Doves]

Okay thank you! The first egg just hatched this morning!! I saw them feed it. The other egg hasn't hatched yet but I heard it peeping so it should hatch soon

 

[Marina B]

Ah cute baby! Congratulations!

 

[Coo-Coo Doves]

Thanks!

 

[Colombina]

Hi! Welcome to PT to you and your beautiful birds!

Here you can read my experience with Nora June (but differently from your babies she is an oops baby 😅), it could give you an idea of the developents of the "situation" :

Baby pigeon

Hi all! Last Saturday I had a BIG surprise!!! It wasn't planned and honestly I don't know what happened (I always replace real eggs with fake eggs...well, not this time clearly 😅... ) but my pigeons Caterina and Ben have become parents!! I found the egg shell near their home, I looked inside...

www.pigeons.biz

Keep us updated and congrats!

 

[Coo-Coo Doves]

Thanks so much! Both chicks have hatched, and Nimbus and Phoenix (the parents) seem to be taking very good care of them! I'm excited to watch the chicks grow up, they are so tiny! I havent been able to get a picture of both chicks at once yet

 

[Colombina]

Lovely!!! I understand, it's a wonderful experience 😊!!!

 

[Coo-Coo Doves]

Hi again!
So when I let my doves out to exercise today, both doves got off the nest and I was able to see them very well. One squab is much larger than the other... Should I be concerned that the smaller one isn't getting enough food? They did hatch a day apart, but the one just looks like it's so small

Thanks,
Coo-Coo Doves

 

[Marina B]

It's normal for the one baby to be larger than the other one. Just monitor the crop of the smaller one to make sure he is getting fed.

 

[Coo-Coo Doves]

Okay awesome, thank you so much!

 

[Coo-Coo Doves]

Just a quick update, both chicks are growing very well and their feathers are starting to come in!

 

[Marina B]

That's great. They grow up so fast. Gorgeous babies.

 

[Colombina]

Thanks for sharing! Beautiful babies ❤!
Glad to see that they are growing very well!!!

 

[Coo-Coo Doves]

I have named them Ash (who has brown and white spots, kinda like mom) and Ember (who has orange like Dad). I can't tell if they are boys, girls, or one of each. I'm not really sure how.
When I got my first dove, Nimbus, I thought she was a boy for soo long. Then she layed an egg.
The only reason I could tell Phoenix is a boy is because I ordered him online and the hatchery said he way a boy, and obviously he is since they have successfully had chicks.

Yesterday they took their first flight! Ash came out of the cage on it's own, then flew into the wall. (don't worry, it was okay!) I took Ember out, thinking it would fly until tomorrow since it hatched a day later, but after a while I was standing up and Ember flew right onto my shoulder! It was quite adorable to watch.

 

[Marina B]

They are gorgeous!

 

[Colombina]

Thanks for the update and for sharing the beautiful pic! They are soo lovely ❤!!!

When my pigeons had their baby, I thought that "he" was a boy because "he" was used to "aggressively" hit a teddy bear 🤣🐻.. Then I discovered that she is a girl!!!

 

[Coo-Coo Doves]

Hi, it's me again! So it's been about a month since the chicks have hatched, and they are eating on their own. The parents seemed to be chasing them away like "your an adult now get out of the house".

So I put them in a cage next to the parents where they can see each other. The chicks are acting like they want back with the parents, but the parents are just acting how they would before chicks, as if they weren't even there.

Should I put them back together, move the chicks to a different room, or something else?

Thanks,
Coo Coo Doves

 

[Marina B]

That is normal behaviour. Rather keep them seperate. The parents will soon start mating again and the next lot of eggs will get laid.

 

[Colombina]

Wild pigeons chase their babies from the nest really early. I often see in the wild very young pigeons desperately seeking for adults attention (asking for food to all adults, etc).
Regarding wild doves, I noticed that apparently they are more "scrupulous" parents (in bringing their babies around and in teaching them where to find food, etc) but at some point they chase them away too (in an aggressive way! Doves are very territorial and have a hierarchy rank).

Have you given a look at my thread (post #6)?
I don't know if this is common or not but my pigeons cared about their daughter Nora June for a longer time (dad fed her even when was a little girl 😅). She spontaneously left the nest and when mum was sitting on the first new egg she slept at night with dad on his shelf.
They have maintained "good relationships". She is still allowed to spend time on dad's shelf, etc.
Unfortunately last summer mum left us. I am sure that Nora June understood that, I saw her looking for mum in the nest where she was born.

I think that birds living indoors (both mum and dad are rescued birds) could sometimes behave in a different way from birds living outside.

Keep us updated!