Safe or am I crazy?

[RodeoCowboy]

Ok, so my GCC was housed with Quakers and Love birds and a Congo. so I have fallen in love with Yellow Collar Macaws and want to purchase a hand fed baby this December or so. I was wondering since I have a large cage if I slowly introduced them together my GCC being 4yrs old and very social and played well with the Quakers and others never nips, if I could eventually house them together if the YC Macaw is raised with the GCC I know it may be crazy so I need opinions and If not what other bird would be suitable because I know he misses his birdie buddies

 

[Featheredsamurai]

I wouldn't, I'd take then out together and let them have play time together, but as birds mature and hormonal aggression develops they really needs some alone time occasionally.

 

[thekarens]

That would be a definite no no in my opinion.

 

[Phlox]

Sometimes mixed species works, but only when there are really close in size and temperament. (I have a tiel, budgie and dove that live together.)

A GCC is teeny compared to a Yellow Collared. (I love them both BTW) I wouldn't do it....like for example, my Amazon is a really skittish, passive bird so I don't worry about my GCC and MBC being out at the same time, but I'd never cage them together. Passive or not, one warning "nip" from a BFA could snap a conure's little neck.

 

[veimar]

I would agree with other members - at least you need to supervise very closely for the first time. I have a lovebird and two budgies living together happily in one cage, and when I'm taking them outside I add my gcc to the cage without any problem. They are all friendly birds, but little quarrels happened before, and I have trained them not to fight.
The new mac you are getting must get a log with all of them very well - which is quite unlikely. It's very hard to tell until you actually get the bird and learn what character he has.