Multiple bird owners

Well for me I literally have a flock of cockatiels, I have more birds in my house than some pet stores do XD
With us though its a little different because they really do have their own little social and family groups. They all step up, they all come out on our fingers and go to bed that way and some of them like spending more time than others but they really have their own family bonds so with them it's more of just making sure they're all happy and have everything they need to go about their little flock days.

Our grey however WANTS the attention so of course he gets it.

I want more birds, but between my boyfriend, our small house, and the tight financial situation I am in, it's just Brody for now. I have a spot for her in our new home, but there would not be a place for another bird. Luckily we're only renting this one for awhile until we find exactly the house we want to buy. I'm hoping that in a few years, I will be better off financially and can afford to build a bird room and fill it up with feathered friends for Brody.

Right now there is a Goffins 'Too at the Petsmart by work that I'm in love with. S/he's the cutest thing and runs to me when I go near it's caged display. S/he immediately puts it's head down and up against the rungs for some scratches. My boyfriend looked at me with disapproval and begged me not to bring it home. I just laughed. I know that right now I can't afford it or the cage, toys, food etc, and that we wouldn't have a spot for it in this house. He was relieved, but I think he knows that one day there is a good chance that there will be a small flock living in our house!

The more the merrier. We all adjust

9 here as well. I've found the additional work is incremental, time needed to spend with each individual decreases as they seem to enjoy each others' company & I can spend time with all of them at the same time while doing the cleaning chores. We usually watch the TV or listen to music & dance while bonding, too. I have found, however, that it is not best to mix new world parrots with old world parrots and some new world parrots w/ each other. Especially - in my instance - sun conures with macaws (it's actually fairly amusing to see the macaws running/flying around with a conure attached firmly to their tail feathers - well, the first time anyway) or Amazons with greys (aggressive behavior from the Amazons) and - of course - macaws with either greys or cockatoos (due to the dust/respiratory infection problem with the macaws). Also - it seems that when I let the conures out with the Amazons they team up to terrorize the whole flock (I believe this is fairly common behavior in the wild - as conures will attach themselves to flocks of larger (in size - not flock size) parrots in order to take advantage of the foraging advantage as well as the protective abilities of the larger parrots).

But on the whole - if you have the resources to provide a relatively comfortable and stimulating environment for them - I say go for it!

I'm in the process of building a large (~40' x 40') outdoor (w/ limited indoor accomodations) for the flock. I can't wait to get it finished - as they're all juveniles & have been limited in their abilities to express their "parrotness", since they've mostly been kept together as a flock in a parrot room (although I must say they've all generally adjusted quite well). But I still think of keeping them in captivity like this as putting them in "parrot prison". Can't wait to get them back into a semi-wild environment where they can finally be parrots & not inmates subject to the whims of their jailer (me!).

7 here, 3 tiels, 2 CAG, 2 finches on eggs... They are all so great .