Broody Bunch

One of my hens and I are having a race to see who is going to have a baby first. Right after the Yom Kippur holiday, she went broody and began to sit on some eggs that had accumulated in her nest for a day or 3...I then decided that it would be fun to let her hatch...unfortunately, not owning a rooster, I had to figure out how to get fertilized eggs. After making some local inquiries and a day of looking on the internet, I found a farm in Archer, FL that sells and ships fertilized eggs...a mix of Rhode Island Reds, Amerucana, Golden Comets and Dark Cornish. While waiting for the eggs, I realized that each morning, the hen would move over so that the others could lay their morning egg (my breakfast) on her nest...
Knowing that once there were fertilized eggs under her we would need to keep them separate, I figured maybe I could leave her in the coop, but put her in a "1-chicken" sized basket. I bought a new basket, filled it with pine, and at night transferred her and her eggs into the basket. In the morning I happily observed her in the basket with the eggs, and one of the other hens laying in the second nest box...Victory! I came out an hour later to collect the egg and found that my determined girl had carefully rolled all of the eggs out of the fairly high-lipped basket and over to where the lone egg was laid....she was once again happily sitting on all of the eggs! I really do admire the determination of this mother hen!
I moved her and all of her eggs back into the basket and looked forward to seeing what would happen the next day....The following morning she stayed in her basket, but managed to make room for the second hen to lay her egg there as well. (this is really a 1-chicken basket).
Well, today our fertilized eggs arrived and Haim eagerly swapped them for the unfertilized eggs beneath the hen, who is still happily sitting, unaware that her situation has improved greatly! We will have to figure out how to isolate her tonight so that the eggs do not mix if the other hens lay in the morning.
Now begins the count-down....for both her and me. We know she's got 20-21 days to go, and I really hope I have a baby in my arms before she does!