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Doves
Our stock includes beautiful specimens of over 40 varieties of the most popular doves. Be sure to look at our great dove supplies and make sure you have everything you need for these great doves.
Diamond doves are three years of age or younger & will successfully breed up to 6-7 years of age.
Most are banded with ADA bands. Ring neck doves are 1-2 years of age or younger.
Approx wait time from the time you place your order until you receive the birds is 2-4 weeks. You will receive a postcard from the breeder directly about 1 week prior to shipment with the ship date on the postcard. These birds WILL NOT be delivered to your home or business, you will need to pick them up at the Post Office.
The shipping for the doves is not included in the price and will be added during the checkout process.
1 Pair - $65.00 2-5 Pair - $70.00 6-9 Pair - $80.00
Pairs are Male & Female unless otherwise requested.
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Albino Ringneck Dove
Whitest, brightest with pink eyes, very tame.
There is some variation in eye color from pinkish to pinkish orange. Younger birds may have slightly different shade than at their mature age of 6-8 months. Has white body, tail and head coloration. Iris color is bright pink with a red pupil. Has no neck ring. No under tail bar. Beak, legs & feet are pink.
7"-8" long 8-12 years lifespan.
One year or younger, not mated or banded.
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Ash Ringneck Dove
Light silver. This bird has an extremely diluted gray to white colored body. It has a rich almond color on the head, neck and breast. It sometimes has almond penciling on the back and shoulders, white to gray neck ring.
Size: 10"-11" long 10-12 year lifespan
4 1/2 oz. wt.
Seed eaters: ok to use wild bird mix w/millet & sunflowers. Provide grit & water.
Sexing: males coo, hens do not
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Blue (normal) Diamond Dove
The Blue Diamond dove is the normal, or wild color. The shoulders, back & tail of the blue diamond are brown in color. The shoulders display the characteristic white spots, or diamonds that are seen in all variations of diamond doves. The head, neck & breast are silver. The tail feathers are brown with black tips. The underside is white and eyes a ruby red. The eye ring is scarlet red, with the beak black & feet pink.
Length: 7 1/2" Wt: 1 1/2 oz. lifespan 8-12 yrs.
Diamond doves are reported to be ideal for beginners.
General diet: mix of sorghum, millet, canary seed, grass seed, etc. With plenty of fresh water and grit.
Use finch mix- 100% millet & favorite food.
To sex: males coo, have larger eye rings (cere), have more of a square head. Hens have a round head.
These will start shipping approx March 2012
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Brilliant Diamond Dove
Brilliant is a very striking and beautiful color pattern in diamond doves. They are a very light beige color throughout their entire body. The underside is white. The eyes are ruby red, with a large bright red eye ring. The beak is silver or beige.
The wing of the brilliant diamond shows the primary flight feathers to be an extremely dilute, pale beige color with lighter tips.
7" - 8" Long Lifespan is 8-12 yrs.
General diet: mix of sorghum, millet, canary seed, grass seed, etc. With plenty of fresh water and grit.
Use finch mix- 100% millet & favorite food.
One year or younger, not banded or mated.
These will start shipping approx March 2012
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Bull-Eyed White Ringneck
Primary characteristic is the dark eyes, a challengingly genetic characteristic. No neck ring.
Seed eaters: feed wild bird mix with millet & sunflowers. Provide grit & water.
Sexing: Males coo, hens do not
Size: 11-12" long Weight: 4 1/2 ounces Lifespan is 10-12 years
One year or younger not banded or mated.
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Blue White Tailed Laced Diamond Dove
The blue white tail laced diamond is a striking variation of the usual diamond dove color pattern. The laced diamond displays wing spots that are two or three times the size of the usual wing spots. This gives the wings the visual effect of being laced. Steel blue color on the shoulders & wings. The head, neck and breast are light blue-gray. The back and tail are snow white. The underside is white. The eye is ruby red, with a bright red eye ring. The beak is dark gray. The wings display the characteristic mahogany flight feathers, with black tips. They are ground feeders and will do well in an aviary with finches. Diamond doves are reported to be ideal for beginners.
Length: 8" 11 1/2 ounces Lifespan 8-12 years
One year or younger, not mated or banded.
General diet: mix of sorghum, millet, canary seed, grass seed, etc. With plenty of fresh water and grit.
Use finch mix- 100% millet & favorite food.
Try to provide canary nests, as they
make an untidy nest. Both parents incubate; eggs
should hatch in about 13 days.
These will start shipping approx March 2012
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Blue Pied Diamond Dove
The blue pied diamond displays the blue color pattern, with white feathers mixed in. The white feathers usually occur on the head, neck and breast, but can occur anywhere on the body.
Blue pied diamonds are usually brown on the back, shoulders, wings and tail. The head, neck and breast are white and brown mixed together. The white markings form a distinctive pattern that is rarely duplicated exactly in any other bird. The eye is ruby red, with a bright red eye ring. The underside is white. The beak is black.
The wing displays mahogany colored primary flight feathers, with black tips. Sometimes, in well marked birds, the primary flight feathers are white. They are ground feeders and will do well in an aviary with finches. Try to provide canary nests, as they make an untidy nest. Both parents incubate; eggs should hatch in about 13 days.
Length: 8" Lifespan 8-12 years
One year or younger, not banded or mated.
These will start shipping approx March 2012
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Brilliant White Tail Diamond Dove
Brilliant white tail is an extremely rare and beautiful color in diamond doves. It appears to be almost snow white.
It displays an extremely light beige color throughout its head, neck, breast, shoulders, and wings. The back and tail are white. The underside is white. The eyes are ruby red, with a large bright red eye ring. The beak is light beige.
When viewing the wing, you will notice the primary flight feathers are an extremely dilute, light beige color with lighter tips.
7-8" long 1 1/2 oz.
lifespan 8-12 years
These will start shipping approx March 2012
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Blue White Rump Diamond Dove
This bird displays a steel blue color on the shoulders and back. The shoulders have the characteristic white diamond spots. The head, neck and breast are a light silver-blue. The back & tail are white with gray-brown feathers mixed in. The underside is white. The eye is ruby red with a bright red eye ring. The beak is gray. Both parents will incubate the
eggs. Incubation 13-19 days.
Length 8" Wt: 1 1/2 oz. lifespan 8-12 yrs.
One year or younger not banded or mated.
These will start shipping approx March 2012
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Blue White Tail Diamond
The blue white tail is very similar to the blue white rump. The difference can be distinguished by the snow white back & tail of the blue white tail.
It displays a steel blue color in the shoulders and wings with the characteristic white diamond spots. The neck, head and breast are blue-gray. The tail and back are snow white. The underside is white. The eyes are ruby red, with a bright red eye ring. The beak is gray.
The wing of the blue white tail displays the same mahogany flight feathers with black tips as seen in the blue diamond dove.
Length: 8" 1 1/2 ozs lifespan 8-12 yrs
They are ground feeders and will do well in an aviary with finches. Try to provide canary nests, as they make an untidy nest. Both parents incubate; eggs should hatch in about 13 days.
These will start shipping approx March 2012
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Cape Dove
Capes have a very soft coo and they coo a lot.
Male: forehead, face and breast black. Pale grey-white border around breast and remainder of body silver grey. Tail is long and black-brown. Under wings are brown. Hen: body color silver grey without the black mask. Native range is central and southern Africa in open, semi-arid country with few shrubs. Masked dove is compatible with finches, other small doves, quail in a large aviary.
Length 7-9" Weight 40-50 grams
One year or younger, not banded or mated.
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Cinnamon Diamond Dove
Cinnamon is the most basic form of red in Diamond doves. All of the red and ultimate red mutations began with cinnamon. It displays a rust red coloration on the shoulders and wings. The tail & back are brown. The head, neck, and breast are silver-gray. The underside is white. The eyes are ruby red, with a bright red eye ring. The beak is black-gray.
Length: 7 1/2 to 8 inches. Live 8 to 12 years
Weight: 1 1/2 ounces
One year or younger, not banded or mated.
These will start shipping approx March 2012
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Crested Dove (Australian Dove)
Crested Dove aka Australian dove also known as Crested Pigeon. Male/female similar in coloration. Crown gray with long, slender feathers. Face, neck and underparts pale grey. Sides of neck very, very pale salmon. Wings grey brown with each feather tipped with fawn and black bar separating base and tip colors. Tail gray with white tip. Eye orange with red orbital ring.
One year or younger, not banded or mated.
Cold hardy in to about 0 deg. F
Length 12-14" wt. 150-220 gram
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Double Crested Ringneck
Tuft on front of head, crest in back.
Tuft and crest are fairly small, even as adults.
Size: 8-9" long 4 1/2 ounces Weight Lifespan 10-12 years
Seed eaters: Feed wild bird mix with millet & sunflowers. Provide grit & water.
One year or younger not banded or mated.
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Miniature Ringneck Dove
Assorted colors, breeder's choice. Slightly smaller than regular ring necks. both length and weight. The Miniature holds its wings under its tail. As in all things, there will be a size variation even in the miniatures.
One year or younger, not banded or mated.
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