Quail egg questions

[jeanette]

i have got 3 female and 1 brown male here. They are new i got them from a bloke around town.

So far they have layed 3 eggs one just disappeared i think a TATA lizard got it.

The 2 i do have 1 is half the size if the other one is there a chance that it is fertile or not?

And does the female or the male sit on the eggs?

As much info would help heaps...

[Peter]

Females sit on the eggs. I'd say the first egg is the small one and is not fertile. They usually lay all the eggs in a nest, but sometimes just lay them randomly around the aviary.

[Mark]

The hen sits on the eggs but she wont sit in them un till she has laid them all
She can lay up to 12 eggs some times but the average clutch is around 7-9 eggs so you should find some more eggs in the coming days