She said she was initially trying to hatch some quail eggs for a friend and so had an ... "And one had a little baby in it," Ms McDougal said. The joke she was playing on her father "backfired ...

Powers said 43 schools and libraries participated this year, incubating about 1,700 eggs and raising 1,000 birds to be released this year, including the 100 12-week-old baby quail released Tuesday.