1 quail is stealing all the eggs

[nikolaj]

so i have 2 males 2 females living happy in a 3x14 habitad that i made for them, bolth hens are laying lots of eggs i keep up with all theire nutritunal needs so they are healthy, but one hen takes all the eggs into a soft stone cave and just sits on them, im wondering if i should take the eggs out like all the info i find online says, (they wont sit on them) or if i just let her keep them, will they hatch???? please let me know

 

[Whittni]

They will hatch if she's stays on them the full term and doesn't leave them for more than a little bit a day.

 

[SeptemberQuail]

I'd be careful with the two males. They may seem friendly for now, but aggression can strike at any moment, especially during breeding season as the males would obviously want some part with the females.

I've had a similar scenario. (I had around four females to one male) All my hens would lay their eggs in one spot, and then my smallest one decided to sit on them like a broody hen.
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I let her keep the eggs for a few days and she continued to sit on the eggs, turn them sometimes and get off to eat and drink. After a while she started to get protective over her eggs and become aggressive to any quail that walked by (as in chase and peck them), so I removed the eggs.

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So what I suggest is, if the eggs are fertile (only way to tell is to see if the males are doing their job), and you want chicks (adorable little things), leave the eggs as they are.
Its rare for such events to happen with quail, and very unlikely that the quail would sit on the eggs for the 16 - 18 days (depends on your quail breed) so don't get your hopes up.

If they do hatch, I would be careful around the other quail as they have the potential to kill the chicks.