Why I would NEVER do Maternal Incubation.

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Originally Posted by mykee

This makes me sad.
Unfortunately, this seems to be the way of thinking for the "new school" of impatient, breeders these days....

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Glad to see this post! Thank you!

I'll consider releasing some photos of morph females on eggs real soon. I don't recall seeing any, at any time, ever... Anybody?

After going both routes for years.. Maternal Incubation is where we are from here on out... Have fun with your Incubators! :D

I like the predictability and reliability of using an incubator. I also like getting the female back on a nutritious feeding schedule sooner than later.

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Originally Posted by Tom Pecanic

Glad to see this post! Thank you!

I'll consider releasing some photos of morph females on eggs real soon. I don't recall seeing any, at any time, ever... Anybody?

After going both routes for years.. Maternal Incubation is where we are from here on out... Have fun with your Incubators! :D

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Just awesome. I have a girl I will try it with this year.

If you're using quality thermostats I don't see how the incubator should be the more predictable/reliable of the two. Sure in the rack there's a gradient but BPs in the wild also have a range of temperatures from which to choose yet seem more than capable of getting it right. As to using artificial to get the female back on food asap, I completely agree with this reasoning for the choice.

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Originally Posted by Tom Pecanic

Glad to see this post! Thank you!

I'll consider releasing some photos of morph females on eggs real soon. I don't recall seeing any, at any time, ever... Anybody?

After going both routes for years.. Maternal Incubation is where we are from here on out... Have fun with your Incubators! :D

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Saw one of your pics in the sticky and think it's adorable. Grats! :)

I'm in Barbados I could easily leave my eggs and mom in the tub without heat and they will hatch :)

We haven't had a problem with brooding mothers eating yet. They have all taken their food weekly on eggs as they did before laying.

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Originally Posted by mykee

This makes me sad.
Unfortunately, this seems to be the way of thinking for the "new school" of impatient, breeders these days....

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The OP sold off his collection early this year. This thread is over a year old.

I would like to try maternal incubation, but I am so afraid I would screw things up.

Everyone decides to do things their own way, and I think that's great.