You are probably right -- my uncle who bred budgies for 25 years --
always said it was harder to tame multiple birds than a single one, and
that some will never tame completely.
As I child, we always kept just one at a time as my uncle kept all
family members supplied, and it was tamed within 2 weeks. As I got
older I kept some small groups (not expecting to tame them) and single
birds as well. Since I started with one bird, my others follow the
first tamed one. And I also have cockatiels and they are so sweet, they
tame readily and it doesn't matter if or when you add others.
I wish someone who has a lot of experience keeping multiple birds and
letting them out regularly would respond. I'll bet there are also
taming issues if there is more than one *** budgie!
By the way, 50 years ago, my family's budgies lived for 5-6 years. My
current birds are more than 12 years old!
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