How can we stop our chickens from nesting on pretend (plastic golf balls) eggs?

We put plastic golf balls in our nesting boxes in our coop, and it encourages the chickens to lay eggs, and also deters them from pecking the eggs. Except now we have one that has been nesting on several of the plastic balls for a few weeks, and we're worried that because they won't hatch, she'll stay their forever out of devotion to her "plastic" eggs.....Help!How can we stop our chickens from nesting on pretend (plastic golf balls) eggs?take the fake eggs out and usually having eggs real or not discourages birds. Why are they going to lay eggs when they are already taking care of them? I admit I don't know a whole lot about chickens but with other birds I know that if they have eggs they don't usually lay more.How can we stop our chickens from nesting on pretend (plastic golf balls) eggs?some chickens get broody and tend to sit on eggs for hours on end attempting to hatch them. this could be your problem. for more information look at this site - http://www.omlet.co.uk/guide/guide.php?view=Chickens%26amp;cat=About%20Chickens%26amp;sub=broody