Thanks so much for all the info! I think I will try the Friday-Monday breeding, maybe every other week? I have 4 females I was going to breed this season and first was going to use 3 males, but 2 of them are lessers with one being 100% het for pied, and I wanted a little variety, so I will be using my vanilla as well.
I will be using a Hot Box incubator, they seem to be the best I've found and I just don't feel like I have the experience yet to make my own. I think that I will do well to use the egg crate as well, better safe than sorry!
Thanks so much everyone for all the help! I'm still open to suggestions.