When my hens start laying in the spring I put a few golf balls in their nests to encourage them to continue laying in that particular nest because I will collect the eggs. Four of them went broody with two having recently hatched their eggs, but I discovered that the other two don't have any eggs left in their nests, they only have the golf balls. Are they really not smart enough to know those aren't eggs? Will they eventually figure it out or do I need to remove them and/or destroy the nests?
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