On day 3 of trying to hatch an egg in my boobs

[CluckNDoodle]

If there was a nail biting emoji, I would have posted it now Let's go Boobegg!

I need it if there is such an emoji!

 

[CluckNDoodle]

I didn't see a nail biter, but found this one:

btw, here's a byc smiley library with 97 pages, if anyone wants to look thru it
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/smiley-library.1174444/

YES! Because I needed to add to my 200+ emojis I've saved! LOL

 

[Love my chickens 25]

How are the eggs doing

 

[PrincessKiara]

I can't candle till it gets dark, but I assume I'll hear it if Boobegg pips today <3

ETA: how loud is the peeping after internal pip? Am I likely to catch it through boob, bra, shirt and sweater? Is there anything I can do to encourage peeping?

 

[Phillisy]

I can't candle till it gets dark, but I assume I'll hear it if Boobegg pips today <3

ETA: how loud is the peeping after internal pip? Am I likely to catch it through boob, bra, shirt and sweater? Is there anything I can do to encourage peeping?

It will start as a faint clicking sound as the chick’s lungs get accustomed to breathing, and then if all goes well it will eventually start cheeping. I’ve heard internally pipped chicks “talking” when I was on the other end of the house from the incubator, so you definitely should be able to hear it from the boob-bator

 

[NorthernMIFlock]

I can't candle till it gets dark, but I assume I'll hear it if Boobegg pips today <3

ETA: how loud is the peeping after internal pip? Am I likely to catch it through boob, bra, shirt and sweater? Is there anything I can do to encourage peeping?

A was an OB nurse for many years and saw how newborns react to their parents voices. I really think at this point that little peeper knows YOUR voice. So talk to it a lot! Can’t wait!

 

[K0k0shka]

A was an OB nurse for many years and saw how newborns react to their parents voices. I really think at this point that little peeper knows YOUR voice. So talk to it a lot! Can’t wait!

This has been proven. Babies recognize their parents’ voices when born, and birds recognize familiar sounds after hatching. They can hear from in there and they are paying attention!

Newborn babies can even tell what language their mother spoke while pregnant, and prefer that language over others after being born even from other people speaking.

 

[PrincessKiara]

This has been proven. Babies recognize their parents’ voices when born, and birds recognize familiar sounds after hatching. They can hear from in there and they are paying attention!

Newborn babies can even tell what language their mother spoke while pregnant, and prefer that language over others after being born even from other people speaking.

That must have failed with me lol, my mom spoke Spanish while pregnant with me, yet I much prefer English and Romanian

 

[K0k0shka]

That must have failed with me lol, my mom spoke Spanish while pregnant with me, yet I much prefer English and Romanian

It works for newborns as the default preference they are born with. After that, the environment starts to take over. They’ll learn to prefer whatever they hear most and whatever their friends are speaking

 

[K0k0shka]

I'm raising my kids bilingual and it's an uphill battle to maintain a second language when they are immersed in English everywhere. But I have a curious observation from my sample size of 2. When I was pregnant with my first, I only spoke English. Then I started speaking my other language to her after she was born. So when I was pregnant with my second, he would hear me speak both languages (one to his sister and the other to everybody else). To this day, he has a much stronger affinity for this second language than his sister does, is more likely to speak it without prompting, and is better at it than she was at this age (better at it than English even). It's hard to say if that's because he heard me speak it while I was pregnant, or because once born, he had 2 people to hear it from and speak it with, as opposed to her only having me at the beginning. But it is interesting.