I want to prove my friend wrong....and prove that i'm right! :)

[PioneerChicks]

No matter what scientific studies may show, once something is starting to develop, and it's a living breathing soul of its own, then it understands us and is existent.
This may be a belief of mine, but it's been proved many times by people who feel that nature is just as lively, and important, as ourselves.

I've experience many beautiful things in the world of chicken keeping along with tough things. But that time, when I hatched my first Guinea eggs, nature was most present.
One chick had hatched- the others beginning to pip and peep. The one, already starting to dry, had wobbled over to the other eggs and spent time with them while chirping softly, trying to help them hatch.
Even now, his name is Henny, and he watches over the other chickens. He's witnessed 2 of his flock mates have an unfortunate attack by a fox, but he's witnessed all of my birds I have today grow up! He's the watch-bird of the coops!

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I had a hen named Tink. Tink's mother abandoned her as an egg- but she was alive and waiting to hatch. The egg was cold... but I candled it and saw movement. I later heard chirping, and Tink (or previously 'Tin-Tin' at the assumption of being a rooster) began to hatch. I kept her in a shoe box in my bedroom, talking to her and singing to her up until the hour she hatched! She later became my best friend, following me everywhere. Eventually, she was old enough to leave the house. She lived with Henny- not being accepted by the older birds. Henny was her best friend... and he protected her, too. She passed away this year... but Bindi, another chick abandoned, is now Henny's buddy.
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Tink above, Bindi below.

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Whether they're baby chicks, or still in their egg, I believe that they most certainly are spoken to by their mother hen. If the mother hen isn't the one raising them, and a human is, then I believe there's no reason not to take that place. Keep talking, and they'll keep listening!

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Best of wishes with the hatch! Hope my thoughts are helpful.

I absolutely agree with you!