Introducing a new budgie to the flock

[pasha01]

Hello 

I have 3 Budgies in a large cage, 2 males (Finn and Pasha) and 1 female (Sky). I´ve had my budgies now for 6 months, and the two males have bonded very well together. My concern is my female budgie, she looks lonely and I want to get another female to keep her company, but is this a good move?

[OP]

As one who did the same thing a good few months back expect the unexpected. Really. Mine were a bit older and were pre-owned so had developed their own character. There will be a challenge for the pecking order between the hens. It will sort itself out eventually. The boys are a different thing. If they are anything like mine they will stay bonded but may also try their luck with one or both of the hens, but there again they may not.
In the end it's a case of try it and see. If the cage is big enough to allow them to have their own space the outlook is good.
Sorry if you wanted a definitive answer, I think you will not find one. Just watch how things pan out.

P.S. I wouldn't worry about your Sky looking lonely, they always do. Females are a funny lot. Oh, I have just noticed you are one. Nothing personal meant.

[Marianne Marlow]

OP is right, you can never determine what will happen with budgies when you introduce a new one.

The female is probably perfectly happy.

[pasha01]

Thank you for both your answers.

[Shirls]

My hen Missy has been perfectly happy on her own for a year or so, she is still solitary even with a new addition of a hen.

[Hezz]

Unfortunately budgies are like people, they either get on, or they don't, and regardless of what you might want for them, they will follow their own agenda. They don't read the rule book, so getting one as companion for another rarely works the way we would like.