A Mourning Dove pair rarely leaves its eggs unattended. The male usually incubates from midmorning until late afternoon, and the female sits the rest of the day and night.
They are planning on it.
The ring-necked dove would lay 1 or 2 eggs
Mourning doves do not move their eggs around. They lay their eggs in a nest, and they rarely leave the nest unattended.
The mourning dove is not a mammal, it is a bird. Although birds are warm blooded like mammals, they lay eggs whereas mammals birth their young.
The color ranges from light gray to white to white with a smidgen of blue.
8-10 for american, 10-14 days Euro dove to hatch
One of the reasons is the bird's Calcium requirement which it tries to get from egg shell.
Doves and pigeons sometimes take a cycle to learn how to be parents. It is not uncommon for a first brood of eggs to be lost. She will figure it out and do better next year.
Make the dove finger his/her self
Yes, a dove is a bird. They also lay eggs as all birds do.
about 10 days after hatching
A female is born with all of the eggs she will ever have. Upon reaching the age of sexual maturity the female will begin menstruating causing eggs to leave the Ovaries and travel down the Fallopian Tubes.