Has anyone ever tried...

[MiniBeesKnees]

To listen to the egg with a stethoscope to see if you could hear a heartbeat when they are pretty much along in developing?

 

[floridachickhatcher]

yeah i have i bought one just for that purpose to see if i could tell if a egg was a dud by trying to see if i could hear pecking or movement

 

[MiniBeesKnees]

Could you hear anything?

 

[floridachickhatcher]

i would have to stay very still and hold my breathe for a second and sometimes i could hear the chick pecking at the egg or it could have been movement but to me it sounded like i made the chick mad by putting it on the egg to listen to it lol