Eggs laid-HELP!!pleasee

[Naz3]

Hi,im very new at this- I have a hen and a rooster which i raised from chicks. The hen has just laid 2 eggs and i have no idea what happens now..please help!!
She is not sitting on the eggs at night..is this normal?
Thanks for any help!

 

[CarriBrown]

She's not broody... ie. She isn't in the mood to incubate them, so consider the eggs a gift for you!

 

[chickbea]

Usually a hen won't start going broody until she has a few more eggs under her. Either wait for her to accumulate more, or you can trick her by adding some fake eggs.

 

[silkiechicken]

It's time for making an omlet! They are perfectally good to eat and won't really be big enough yet to hatch out well if you wanted more chickens.

 

[wynedot55]

if she has just started laying.then she isnt broody.she is just roosting in the nest.so id cook the eggs an eat them.

 

[panner123]

Your hen is young, give her time. She will know when it is time to brood. I would wait about a month to see if she starts brooding. You don't want to waste the eggs, so eat them. But in a couple of weeks put a fake egg (plastic easter egg ot even a golf ball) in the nest. Then when you try to collect the eggs and she is setting, she will give you a little peck to tell you it is time. From there on out she will do all the work. DO NOT disturb her. In three weeks you will have chicks.

 

[Naz3]

thank you all soooo much for your advice!i will follow it and hopefully learn!!