I am sure they will, the thing is i am retired and can monitor them 24/7 and i will know if things were going amiss with them, peafowl are much different in free range rather than a aviary no matter how big that aviary is and i believe that not forced to stay in a smaller area can make a big difference in how they perceive their world and all that is in it , i have seen it with the blues these are not nomadic birds per say otherwise they would be all over the world, instead they stay in one area dispersing their Young to the outskirts of their deemed territory where they expand onto more territory ....
Honestly do you know of anyone that has ever took the time to work with an entire flock 24/7 to see if it would work out? one that was there to see their progress and learn their habits? Friedrich Essier has photo the green birds documented them in their world extensively and he did not chase the same flocks around the world, he knows where there territory was and whet to it and found them repeatedly so this tells me they home in on an area and that is where they stay unless run to the outskirts by their parents where they eventually create their own flock;;
This may not turn out for the good but you know what i will be able to tell folks why it does not work out not just say it will never work because someone else said so and they have never even had the opportunity to try it themselves, many things come into play when free ranging any Bird and to be successfully or fail at it we must have the time to learn the ins and outs of it to help others understand how it is done and why it did or did not work out and how one got to the point of success or failure
These birds and I are very close to me and the guardian dogs they have learned that they are safe near us when something spooks them they do not fly off and never return they fly to the safe area and behind the guardian dog because they know they are safe ... They stay close to the dogs for the most part even the few i have tethers during breeding season so they do not steal the eggs , go right where they are and dust bath, they know what protects them from harm, something you will never see in an aviary 
Honestly do you know of anyone that has ever took the time to work with an entire flock 24/7 to see if it would work out? one that was there to see their progress and learn their habits? Friedrich Essier has photo the green birds documented them in their world extensively and he did not chase the same flocks around the world, he knows where there territory was and whet to it and found them repeatedly so this tells me they home in on an area and that is where they stay unless run to the outskirts by their parents where they eventually create their own flock;;
This may not turn out for the good but you know what i will be able to tell folks why it does not work out not just say it will never work because someone else said so and they have never even had the opportunity to try it themselves, many things come into play when free ranging any Bird and to be successfully or fail at it we must have the time to learn the ins and outs of it to help others understand how it is done and why it did or did not work out and how one got to the point of success or failure
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