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Has anyone ever tried this? Any successes? I have one pair of green cheeks in a huge cage and would like to save space by adding another pair to the same cage. It also has two nest box doors.

I wouldn't know about the GC's, sorry. But we colony breed our Quakers. I would never put an established pair in a cage and then introduce another pair. I would remove the pair and then put all in the cage at the same time or else you might have a dominance/territorial problem with an established pair in the cage and putting a new pair into the same cage. I don't know if you would have that problem with GC's.

Also our Quakers have an extra nestbox. I would recommend adding 1 more then you have pairs if you have a colony setup. I've talked to other breeders and they recommend the same thing.

Good luck, I hope it works for you!

I don't see where you will save any space by adding another pair. I would think that you should have a flight cage setup, hence your space is gone. Green cheeks in a 24x36 are good, even smaller cages will do. Two pairs don't sound that good, 5/6 pairs maybe. You have 2 males in one cage against each other, more birds you divide it up. Large cage is needed so they can get away from each other. Production will drop also and parents will not be able to be determined, so heridity cannot be followed. Put all birds in the new cage at once.

I AGREE WITH DON NOT A GOOD IDEA TO DO THE COMMUNITY THING