To be, or not to be...Broody?

I have an 11 1/2 month old EE hen that is sitting on todays clutch of eggs. I get about 8-10 eggs per day, all laid in the same nest. This isn't the first time she's done this. She does it pretty often. When I go out to open the run and let them out, she'll go out with the others. That's when I go in and snatch them all. If I don't open the run to let them out, but I come in to visit and check on things she sits there. I can reach for her and she doesn't growl, but just makes her sweet sound she usually makes.

I don't know if she's broody or just practicing, or what. I left the eggs out there today to see what happens. I figure if she's not sitting on them when the sun goes down, she's not going to stay committed to doing so.

Any thoughts?

She's been perching at night, but I'd also been taking the eggs away when she gets up from them. Today is the first day I've left eggs in the nest. I figure if she's up on the perch at dusk, then she's not going to sit on them and I'll bring them in. I don't have any golf balls handy. I used to, because my son's friend lived near the golf course when they were little, but we tossed them all when he grew up, lol. Good idea though!

False alarm, lol. We went to the State Fair for a few hours this afternoon and when we got home, I let the chickens out of the run. She wasn't sitting on them at the time. I felt them and they were pretty cool, so I know she hadn't been sitting on them while we were gone. So, I brought them in. I'd love it if she went broody though, because I'd really like for her to be a momma!