It is funny that you say that, because I have NEVER caught one of the quail laying an egg. Not the Buttons, not the coturnix, not the Bobwhites. The closest I've come is picking up a warm egg, but unless I put each hen in her own cage, I'll never know.
Grumble grumble grumble grumble grumble ...
No, that's ok. I have Jumbos from Sam now, and I really like the goldens better than the whites. I like that patch of brown, though... character!