by Pajarita » Mon Oct 13, 2014 2:34 pm
Male lovebirds are always sweeter tempered than the females (the dominant gender in lovies) so, as long as he is a hand-fed and young, it should be OK. I had a couple of lovie hens that remained VERY close to me even when they were mated and even when they were incubating eggs! My little princess, Matilda (an Australian cinnamon mutation), comes to mind and this little bird will find the most recondite little nook to make her nest, often worrying me because I could not find her in the birdroom but all I had to do was call her name a few times and she would crawl out of wherever she had her nest and even leave her eggs to perch on my shoulder and kiss me -I lost her 2 years ago and I still miss her greatly! And this was a bird that had been given up because of aggression so go figure!
The trick is not to allow them to become overly hormonal because they can be real mean when they are. So, the answer to your question is Yes, they will - but you have to be careful with their diet and light schedule.