No she does not want me touching the nest and if I do she will stomp her feet to warn the babies and might trample them. When she shifted her body on the eggs today one that started out perfectly white was dark inside so I know it has to have a baby in it. I have no way of knowing if it is alive or not but she is not budging and I am guessing she knows it is. When I hatched eggs out in the house they turned dark just like that one when the baby was just about ready to come out.Did you candle is that how you know they are alive?