New to mating hens

[rbum]

I have been raising baby chicks for 10 years now but never had a rooster breeding with a hen. My hen was broody till I brought rooster to mate with her. She had laid 2 eggs now and won’t sit on them. Maybe because she knows they’re not fertile? Why won’t she sit on them?

 

[janiedoe]

Stress will cause a broody to stop brooding. Once she gets used to the rooster she will probably go broody again.
Do you have more hens? Or just the one?

 

[rbum]

I have 6 more hens. Why doesn’t she sit on her eggs though she laid 2 in Last 2 days

 

[Chookwagn]

I have 6 more hens. Why doesn’t she sit on her eggs though she laid 2 in Last 2 days

In nature the hen will lay a clutch of eggs(between 8 and 10) then she will go broody and sit on them. This ensures they all hatch together

 

[Yardmom]

Occasionally a broody might lay an egg or two after going broody, but most of the time a laying hen is not broody. If she was truly broody before (sitting day and night) she has likely broken this cycle with the disruption of the added rooster. A hen who has been previously broody has a reasonable chance of going broody again, but it is not a guarinty.

 

[rbum]

Stress will cause a broody to stop brooding. Once she gets used to the rooster she will probably go broody again.
Do you have more hens? Or just the one?

I think I may be wording this wrong. Let me start over. I have a hen The rooster mounted her many times. I saw it happen. In the last three days she has laid three eggs. She is not sitting on them. I don’t know if they’ve been fertilized or not, since the rooster mound in her many times. Will the hen lay a clutch of eggs, and then sit on them? Since she has laid the three eggs, she does not sit on them at all.

 

[fluffycrow]

I think I may be wording this wrong. Let me start over. I have a hen The rooster mounted her many times. I saw it happen. In the last three days she has laid three eggs. She is not sitting on them. I don’t know if they’ve been fertilized or not, since the rooster mound in her many times. Will the hen lay a clutch of eggs, and then sit on them? Since she has laid the three eggs, she does not sit on them at all.

Again, hens will lay a larger clutch before sitting. She will probably continue laying until she lays at least 5 more eggs

 

[rbum]

Ok tha

Again, hens will lay a larger clutch before sitting. She will probably continue laying until she lays at least 5 more eggs

twhat I needed to hear

 

[fluffycrow]

Ok tha

twhat I needed to hear

But that is in no way a guarantee. She could continue laying for the whole of this year and only decide to go broody again next year

 

[janiedoe]

I think I may be wording this wrong. Let me start over. I have a hen The rooster mounted her many times. I saw it happen. In the last three days she has laid three eggs. She is not sitting on them. I don’t know if they’ve been fertilized or not, since the rooster mound in her many times. Will the hen lay a clutch of eggs, and then sit on them? Since she has laid the three eggs, she does not sit on them at all.

I'd be patient, she may go broody again later in the season, but as @fluffycrow said, she may not.
You don't need to leave the eggs in the nest. If she decides to go broody, you can put freshly laid eggs under her then.