Neumann
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My daughter is watching a mated pair of Ringneck Doves this summer. The female laid an egg and we let her sit on on the egg for an /extended/ amount of time but it didn't hatch so we removed the egg and nesting box. It was a warm, sunny day so we also misted them in the sun for a few minutes which they seemed to enjoy. We've now notice (a week later) that the female seems quite thin and has some 'feathers missing on the base of her beak'. Does anyone have any idea what might be going on? Normal post egg laying feather loss perhaps? She otherwise seems normal. We've been poking around on google but haven't found anything yet. Thanks.