Thanks for your input, Shad. I’ve been taking her off the nest at least twice daily, and she does eat when I do so. However, I have not seen her bathe in a few days.I used to prevent them from sitting for longer than three days if I didn't want them to hatch chicks. Beat in mind that the majority of the eggs were fertile.
I've read with interest Ribh's experiences with her broodies and she's had quite a lot now. Ribh lets them sit from what I can gather. She's heaves them off their nests to make sure they eat etc but after it's down to them.
I've learned something here and if there was no rooster I would have a few goes at Ribh's approach and see what sorts of results I got.
It's always the same things that are important and they are really improtant.
Get them up and awake every day if they don't do it on their own.
Make sure they eat, drink and bath away from the nest.
Make sure the nest stays clean.
Yup, it's quite a lot of work, but chickens are.