cockatile cage size, budgie cage size, bourkes and love birds

Question
Hello

How large should a cage be for a pair of pet tiels?

How large should a cage be for a pair of pet budgies?

Can budgies, cockatiels, bourkes parakeets and loves birds get along during out of cage time or would they fight?

Are bourkes parakeets gental natured parrots?

Would a hand-fed love bird be a good pet?

Answer
Hello.  Thanks for posting your questions.  Cage size for any bird depends on how much time the bird(s) spend in the cage and outside the cage.  If a bird is allowed outside their cage for good part/most of the day (on play gyms, on top of cage, etc.) and they only eat, sleep, rest inside the cage, the cage size can be smaller than a bird that spends all their time in their cage.  At bare minimum, however, the cage must be large enough to allow the bird to flap it's wings freely, without touching any side, top, or bottom of cage.  Also, make sure cage is big enough so that droppings cannot fall into feed/water dishes when bird is perching.  Double the size for a pair of birds, etc.  When it comes to cage size, the bigger the better is best!  Breeding birds need enough room to accommodate themselves, as well as their youngsters, until the youngsters are separated from the parents.  Each bird has it's own personality just like humans.  The species you mention can get along together during play time, but remember they are just like us...depends on their individual personalities, how tame they are, etc.  The male of a bonded pair may not tolerate others around his mate, but again, this depends on the individual bird.  Keets sometimes like to pick on tiels, lovebirds sometimes aren't the friendliest around other birds (especially during breeding season).  Again, it just depends on the individual bird(s).  If you find one that likes to pick on the others, you may have to have schedule separate play times.  Bourkes keets are just like any other bird...depends on it's socialization, tameness, etc.  Yes, a handfed lovebird can make a very good pet, but the myth about pet lovebirds is that you should always have 2.  The opposite is true...if you want to have a good pet lovebird, only have one.  One thing you must remember is that birds prefer other birds to humans.  If you want a tame pet bird, and want it to remain that way, you should only have 1, and you must interact with it on a daily basis.  Once you introduce the bird to other birds, you start to lose tameness if they interact (unless you can devote time to each bird each day).  If I haven't answered your questions adequately or you have others, please let me know.