So this is a little early yet, I'm going to be trying the first pairing tonight but this will be our first breeding attempt ever. It's going to be our 650g proven bell line pastel male X an 04 1600g+ normal female (she's also a proven breeder not by me obviously).

They've both been cooling and have gone of feed for about a month plus we've got low barometric pressure around so I think tonight would be an ideal time to try for our first lock.

Now to the question. With the possibility of only one clutch this year do you guys think I should invest in a big incubator when I'm only going to use 1/20th of it or would it be better for right now to go with a hovabator or something similar? I've got an extra thermostat to hook up and extra flexwatt hanging around so I could also conceivably make my own (don't know if anyone can suggest plans for a good small DIY incubator). I'm just trying to keep it smallish because I am going to be going to school in March so I'd like to be able to take everything with me to my small apartment up there lol. Something that could fit on top of an RBI 32 qt rack would be awesome ...... Sorry for all the questions and the long post any help would be appreciated!