Aviary birds - Realistic chance of taming them?

[crventura15]

Hey guys, I have a large aviary that currently has 3 male ring necks living in it. After the death of our only female ringneck, I no longer wish to pursue breeding and simply want to keep one the birds as a pet/buddy and sell or give away the other 2 birds.

The birds have lived in the aviary for the last 3 or so years and have not been handled by people since we put them in the cage as youngsters. Whenever I enter the cage to change their water, give them treats or tidy up the cage they fly to the other end and hide behind their nesting logs and won't come out until I leave.

What I'd like to know is, what is the chance of me taming one of these birds so that it will be comfortable with me picking him up and perhaps hang out inside as a pet?

I have a smaller cage available, but think putting one in that (and forcing him to be closer to people) would be pretty traumatizing for him. What do you guys think? What's the best way to go about it?

Last resort is to sell or give away all the birds and purchase a youngster that has been hand raised from a breeder.

[feewee]

G'day Im sorry about the death of your lady IRN
Im by far no expert only trying to help
The small cage idea is a good one, but no matter how you separate these boys after being together for 3 yrs they will get scared, If you can catch the boy you like and place him in the smaller cage but leave it near the other two & slowly let him get to know you out there for a while. Hopefully it wont take him long to start taking food from your hand & getting to know you are no threat to him etc.
All the best

[khaiqha]

It's most likely going to take awhile to tame them. I recommend using target training to get them to perch on your hand. My first irn was a parent raised bird that I got while he was young. He tamed in about a month and would roll over, play dead, fetch, and loved to cuddle after.