I am a new hobbyist and building a 45'x65' aviary.

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I was hoping to have multiple varieties of pheasants, peafowl, genies, ducks and geese.  The aviary is 45'x65' with a 27' netted tent top. The location is Northern California at about 3000ft. next to a 5 acre pond.  We get some snow.  I have gotten through two seasons with pinioned ducks on the pond and a few red-golden pheasants and peafoul in pens.     Is it possible to mix that assortment of birds?

Thanks for whatever help you can give.
mbb

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Hello MBB,
     Sounds like you are going to have a nice aviary when you get finished.  As far as mixing the different kinds of birds that you have mentioned, I would be careful.  I raise white pea fowl and 9 kinds of pheasants.  I don't think I would recomend mixing on the scale you are writing about.  You will most likely run into a number of problems.  First, pea fowl can be quite aggressive towards other birds.  Also, you will have problems of cross-breeding between the different types of pheasants. And you might have problems with diseases which the waterfowl have that can be transmitted to some of the other birds. If you do try it make sure you have lots of cover for the smaller birds to escape the pea fowl if they go on a rampage.         
      You've done what I had hoped to do here in Tennessee when I retired here a few years ago.  It did not take me long to realize that building a single large aviary here in southern Tennessee was next to impossible because of the hugh number of preditors (smaller aviaries are easier to make preditor proof) and the type of terrian here.  Hope yours works out for you!