2 bonded female conures can i add a male

[internet4play]

I have 2 female sun conures. they are not DNA tested but I feel they must be females because I find clutches of eggs that are 10-12 in 1 weeks time. they have been cage mates for over 2 years. Someone has posted on ebay a proven male sun conure who is roughly the same age as my birds whos mate was killed in a cage accident. If I were to buy him would I be able to introduce him to my cage, of course I will wait at least a month to verify his health. I am not sure if there would be dominance issues or bonding issues as there would be 3 of them.

[Wolf]

While there are times that parrots do things which cause humans to think that they are being dominant towards another bird, this is not what is actually going on as parrots live in a flock that does not have a dominance based hierarchy, there is no alpha male or female in the flock. We have a dominance based hierarchy and because of this when we see a thing that could be an example of dominance we tend to view it as such, because we are familiar with this even though there are often other principles at work other than dominance.

Still, it is very likely that adding a single male to this mix would cause an issue and likely fighting due to their not being enough males to allow both females to have a mate. This could cause the females to fight or it could result in a male and female both attacking the single female and perhaps killing her. This is not due to dominance but due to the territorialness of these birds, in that if one of the females bonds with the male then that mated pair would not allow the other female to continue to occupy the cage as that is their nesting space and they will not allow any intrusion into that space.

Should you be lucky enough to find two males of the correct ages you would still most likely need to have two cages that are large enough for two birds. Three is not a good number.

[liz]

Prevent the egg laying with a lower protein diet. Increase fruit and veg as well as softened and rinsed grain.
These girls are laying eggs because they are hormonal and need help to lower the level of protein.
Adding a male could create a rift between the girls. Then there is a chance that you girls will turn on the male and hurt him.
Adding the male would not help them as much as hurt them. Then if it was successful you would have babies. My stand is to not produce more while there are so many who are suffering in bad conditions.
My opinion: don't do it.

[Wolf]

I would also feed them calcium rich foods such as broccoli and provide them with a source of calcium such as a cuttlebone.