Talk:Dovecote

Scaring of doves.

Just had two doves fly out a Dovecote, while standing at least 6 tiles away from it. Was doing some tree chopping and planting around it, as I placed the Dovecote inside my tree farm. The question that it raises is whether it was just a random in-game effect, or where they actually scared of by my activity. For now I would go with random in-game effect. Although the general agro range some animals have could have been applied in a different form to the Dovecote. --.MvGulik. 08:36, 10 December 2020 (UTC)

Homesteaded Rock Dove.

>"Once the bird is Homesteaded to a Birdhouse, it will always return to said structure once release." (removed from main page) Homesteaded doves that are not carrying an item will not return to the Birdhouse on there own. Unless there picked up by some other player they eventually de-spawn (ie: there currently area is offloaded, or when they fly/walk into a offloaded area.)

Reproduce/Breeding.

Wild doves are know to breed in a dovecote. (although its not clear what rules are in play here.)
But What about domestic doves!

• They can be placed in the dovecote.
• But they are also prone to leaving the dovecote again. (To make sure you don't lose them. Its best done by using homestead doves the are carrying an item. Did not work consistently ...)