As part of the recovery plan, eagle eggs were taken from the wild and incubated in a laboratory. Of course, the parent eagles were not too happy about their eggs being taken, and the people who climbed high trees and took the eggs were often in danger when getting them! After the eaglets hatched in the lab, they were cared for and watched over by a team of eagle experts. Then, the eagle chicks were either returned to their parents in the wild or given to a set of foster parents that were willing to accept new chicks as their own. Captive eagles were used as foster parents, and even chickens adopted some of the eaglets.