Who sits at night?

[Craig52]

The young Gouldians survived last night ok with a light frost & 3 degrees at 6:30am but tonight may actually be a bit cooler. Strange that my young BFPFs don't perish at all due to cold but my Gouldians do. My BFPFs don't nest in boxes but Gouldians usually do too - maybe that could be significant.

Sorry to be off topic Ken,but Tiaris BFPF use a huge amount of feathers which is a perfect insulation where gouldians use none. Craig

[Blue Cuban]

The young Gouldians survived last night ok with a light frost & 3 degrees at 6:30am but tonight may actually be a bit cooler. Strange that my young BFPFs don't perish at all due to cold but my Gouldians do. My BFPFs don't nest in boxes but Gouldians usually do too - maybe that could be significant.

Sorry to be off topic Ken,but Tiaris BFPF use a huge amount of feathers which is a perfect insulation where gouldians use none. Craig

Off topic again
I get my RFPF to build a dense nest out of feathers then remove nest, modify it a little then place in with Gouldians.

Rich.

[Tiaris]

My BFPFs use absolutely no feathers at all. TC & RF both do but not BF. They do build a thick-walled nest, but totally unlined as opposed to TC & RF.

To get back to topic though, my Gouldians when brooding young generally share brooding duties very evenly between cock & hen.