I've been doing some serious investigation and consideration for the upcoming breeding season. Now let me say, I'm a first time breeder, so I have no experience whatsoever.

Here's my situation. I live in a small, old house. I have a mini fridge in my garage ready to be converted, but it dawned on me that space may be of significant concern. I'm also worried about the electricity; I know I'd only be running flex watt, etc., but in the areas I have enough room for a mini fridge, finding an outlet that's not attached to a light switch would be a real problem (told you my house was old!).

So that leads me to 2 possibilities:

1. Purchasing a small incubator. The size would be great, but I wouldn't get more than 2 clutches at a time in there. It would work for my immediate problem, but not for my future plans. I'm leaning away from this.

2. Maternal incubation. This would be a great option for me in terms of space, and since I have no experience with breeding, letting mama do what comes naturally would be fantastic. I'm definitely interested in this.

I know there are a few breeders on BP.net who are successful with maternal incubation. What I would like to know from you is your general process with maternal incubation - kind of a maternal incubation guide. What are your temps and humidity? What substrate do you use? Do you feed and clean while incubating? Do you have a separate rack for incubating mothers?

Any info would be so very helpful.