A great book is:
Deeming, D.C. 2002. Avian incubation: behaviour, environment, and evolution. Oxford Univ. Press.
Has a lot of data on nest attendance and egg temps.
Clint
She will not go broody if you take the eggs. You can not make her go broody. The process is thought that the tactile stimulation of eggs on the brood patch change the prolactin levels and she gradually spends more time on the nest. When full time incubation is initiated, the first eggs are...