If I had a hen setting on eggs for 4 weeks------I would gently remove her, get a bucket about 1/2 full of water-----get one of those grabbers you pick trash up with in your yard-------gently pick each egg up wih the grabber and gently lower it into the water then place the lid on the bucket and take the bucket gently to the woods and throw all the mess into the woods and turn and run before them eggs hit something and explode----that's what ""I"" would Do!!!
Being serious you need a really bright light to candle them or you can water test them----remove an egg that looks bad---maybe she will get lucky----about as lucky as you if you get through candling/testing them without one or two exploding on you.
Just a little info---you need to ask a experienced broody hatcher what you need to do before you ever let another hen set---the way you control them from setting is to collect eggs from Every Nest every day even under every hen---never skip a nest because it has a hen setting in it----get a pair of welders gloves if needed---just don't skip the nest. Then when you understand what to do---you can place a nest of marked eggs under her and hopefully you will have chicks in 21 days.
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