I read through your entire thread as well as quiet tempests. I found both of them very informative and useful. Im opting towards maternally incubating, and just running an incubator just in case something goes awry. Unfortunately my fiance and I have opposite views here. He doesnt necessarily believe the incubator will do a better job, just a more consistent job, and he wants to ensure the female starts eating better sooner rather than later. So we're probably going to wind up incubating after all. I am going to be stubborn about maternally incubating AT LEAST one clutch though. I really want to try it.