Turtle doves mainly eat plant fruits, seeds, sprouts, rice, corn, sorghum, millet, soybeans and other foods, and often inhabit areas such as hills, plains, and mountainous broad-leaved forests. There are three main types of turtle doves, namely the fire turtle dove, the mountain turtle dove and the pearl-necked turtle dove. When raising turtle doves, you should choose higher forest land and surround it with barbed wire to prevent the turtle doves from escaping.

What foods do turtle doves eat?

1. Food selection

Wild turtle doves mainly eat fruits, seeds, buds, leaves and grass seeds of plants, while artificially cultivated turtle doves eat Eat foods such as rice, corn, sorghum, soybeans, and millet. If you want to increase the egg production of turtle doves, you should also supplement calcium-rich foods such as fish meal and bone meal.

2. Growth habits

The turtle dove belongs to the pigeon family and is distributed throughout the country. It mainly inhabits mixed forests and deciduous forests in plains and mountains, and overwinters in plains in autumn and winter. When they live in the wild, turtle doves build nests in trees three to seven meters above the ground.

3. Main species

There are three main types of turtle doves, namely the fire turtle dove, the mountain turtle dove and the pearl-necked turtle dove. Among them, the fire dove, also known as the red dove, is mainly distributed in India, China, the Philippines and other regions, while the mountain dove is a common species in my country with brown feathers. The Pearl-necked Turtle Dove is distributed in Southeast Asia and has the same color and long tail.

4. Breeding methods

In the process of raising turtle doves, they can be fed two to three times a day, mainly grain feed, to improve immunity. In large-scale breeding, it is necessary to build fences in open, sunny and ventilated areas and surround them with barbed wire to avoid the invasion of cats, dogs, foxes and other natural enemies, which will affect the safety of turtle doves.