Why I would NEVER do Maternal Incubation.

[Lolo76]

IMO again, if you have $10,000 worth of babies or what not, you should have the greatest Incubator known to man and not try to make people feel :cens0r: for what they have to work with starting out(not saying that's happening). I'm just saying let people do what they want, were here to help them in there choices not try to push our beliefs on them.

Having only read this thread (and not the one linked above), it doesn't seem like anyone's trying to PUSH one method over the other - they're just stating what works for them, and explaining why. And as a relative newbie in the breeding game, I appreciate hearing the opinions from both sides!

Personally I like artificial incubation, for all of the reasons mentioned by Mike... I've done two clutches now, one with a converted mini-fridge and one with a Little Giant (like a Hovabator), and 100% of the viable eggs have hatched perfectly. The idea of trying maternal incubation is intriguing, and since I'm not breeding anything fancy, maybe I'll try it with one clutch in the future. But it wasn't even an option this year, due to my only laying female being dangerously thin - she'd only eaten a few meals that year, and I wasn't even expecting eggs from her! So I really wanted to get her eating ASAP, and luckily she's been chowing like a pig ever since.

Anyway, I just wanted to say thanks for the discussion, since it is helpful to us newbies... and while I see a few of you getting defensive, I'm not reading these comments as "my way or the highway" at all.