Yes, very stressful time......I was not trying to be mean at all.....I feel your worry.....I was just in that on Monday......I giggled about the iphone light.....You will want a flashlight......Mine was my best friend.....
I wish you total success with this......
See, Hens will lay a clutch and then start setting.....That is why you can collect eggs and then set them all on the same day.....I hope I make sense?.....I am trying....lol
Okay I get it......Leave those eggs......Count the day she actually stopped laying as day one.....Then candle on day 10....Make sense to you?.......I am new to this also......
Are you sure she is even Broody at all?
Does she sit all day and growl or puff up really big when you approach the nest?.....If she is still laying, she is not Broody.....I have Two Broodys....One with Chicks and one just setting 10 eggs as of yesterday.......They are mean, cranky Birds right...
What you do is collect eggs that are fertile....I take it you have a Rooster.......
You can collect eggs for up to ten days and store in a cool room in an egg carton with the Big end up. pointy end down.....And use a book under the carton to shift the eggs daily so the yolk does not stick to...