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Sorry you couldn't find your girl. The eggs don't start developing until the hen starts sitting on them. Usually they are good for 2-3 weeks or so at least, the older they get the less viable they are like you said. Wild birds/chickens are programed to lay so many eggs and then set on them...

No sightings of her today? Hope she shows up tomorrow. Normally if they are making a hidden nest they will keep laying eggs in it but come back to the coop and act normal until they decide to set, which is when they would disappear except for once a day or so when they will come out to eat and...

There is the possibility she will come back, I've had chickens that just didn't go in the coop on a given night for some reason but decided to roost in a bush or something. Hopefully a predator didn't get her. At night they will not react if you call them, so you can walk right by them and...