It appears my broody has abandoned her nest. Today is day 15. Yesterday she was off a good portion of the day, but other hens were in and out of the nest box laying most of the day. I was able to coerce her back on the nest last night, but I don't know if she stayed on or not. Tonight when I went out, she was off again and the eggs are cool. When I candled on day 11, there were at least 8 live eggs. I don't know what to do at this point. I don't have an incubator and we're not close enough to hatch to just put them under a lamp/on a heating pad. Should I candle tonight and see if perhaps the eggs died? Leave them and hope for the best?
