I'm afraid I would get frustrated and have a bad experience with owning birds.
Why would it be a bad experience? Birds don't have to be tame to be happy, you don't need to be able to touch birds to love them. Agendas don't work well with birds - pushing with a set goal in mind and ignoring what the birds are telling you will get you nowhere. The only way is to appreciate and enjoy the moment; try not to let yourself get stuck always thinking ahead about "what if" "what could be" "what I want" - just enjoy them for what they are right now, and who knows what could happen in the future. Think less in terms of "training", "behaviours", "taming" and more friendship, acceptance, trust. You can't
train birds (or anything) to trust you! You can't make them trust you! And they don't with-hold their trust out of some sort of ill-will so (sorry for the nitpicking) it's not a matter of "
won't trust me". That's like saying "this person refuses to like me".I have two budgies. I got them as hand-raised babies. They're not "hand-trained" - I can't make them step up, or pet them, or anything like that. And I used to think "I wish I'd only gotten one so he'd love me". And then... I ended up with other birds who did "love" me! Who always wanted to be on me, wanting to be pet etc who rarely were calm if I wasn't in their sight. And guess what... (For me) it was really stressful. Cuz I always thought "if I'm not with my birds 24/7, they're unhappy!" (that's not to say that all "handtamed" birds are like that; it's just been my own experience). My budgie boys, on the other hand, don't depend on me! (Well, they don't know they do) They like me, with time they trust me and aren't scared of me, but they don't need me there all the time. I can still be there all the time for my own sake lol but it's so nice knowing that they're completely happy and love their lives. And with time and patience they will hop onto my hand if I have millet and if they feel like it (that's the key here; I still can't and don't make them do things). And it brings the silliest grin to my face cuz I love it, but it happens rarely simply because they don't need to (and it's important to note that this took about two years. It doesn't always take that long but I was very much an amateur and didn't know how to interact with them correctly). They only hop onto my hand if they want to so it's a rare honour and a privilege for me. And that's the way I like it. I don't want my birds to come to me and do what I tell them to do because they think they have to. I don't want to force anything on them. I want them to live their lives happily, loving every day, and I get the hugest amount of happiness just from watching them and knowing they're happy.
Anywho, there's my take on the matter. Obviously you already love these guys and I think it's great that you're thinking about giving them a long-term, safe place to land. Oh another thing that I think has been mentioned is that they've really only been with you for a short time - if you think about it from their perspective, they're still confused and scared about the change in their environment. Things like moving homes and familes is something that doesn't make sense to birds and they have no control over it so it's really scary for them. It can take them a long time to let their guard down again and start hoping "ok, maybe this is where I can be safe and live my life" instead of worrying about everything changing again. We love pics of birds here, so feel free to share as many as you want!