mixing a pair of egyptians with the flock?

[maransfan16]

i have about 8 large ducks, two muscovies, two call ducks, three african geese and two canda geese that all get along great (if anything the call ducks bully all of them lol). anyway i found a young pair of white egyptian geese that will start breeding this coming spring that i am wanting to buy but i refuse to keep them cooped up in a cage when i have a large pond and horse pasture avalible for them to walk around and swim in i've heard they are aggresive though and i don't want them to get hurt or hurt anything else would they be ok to turn loose

 

[maransfan16]

anyone?

 

[bemba]

From what I have heard they can be extremely aggressive especially in the breeding season. A friend of mine has 2 pairs that he free ranges with some calls, Chinese geese, peafowl and a few other birds, he has found they tend to bully each other more so. I think it can be a case of individual personalities also. I have Cape Barren Geese and they are supposed to be one of the worst, mine can get narky but not as bad as I've been told. Give it a go and if they aren't compatible then maybe you could make a separate run for them.

 

[maransfan16]

thanks i think i might as well give it a go. and if it doesn't work out, shortly after i posted that i didn't have a spot i thought was big enough i remebered that i could put them in my 50' by 100' run that we have our emu in and i know they would be ok in there because i don't think they would mess with the emu and i know she wouldn't mess with them as we've had countless things in with her