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Hi

About 3 weeks ago i decided to use an empty aviary as a mixed aviary and get some new species. went to a breeder friend of mine and got a pair of owls, star and shaft tails. the owls and shaft seemed to got used to the aviary straight away, cause they chose a box each and started building their nest. but when both nests where ready and everything seemed fine, the shafts started bullying the owls and also took over their nest. the good thing is that the shafts laid eggs in the nest they took from the owls and are taking care of the eggs, but still not sure what to do with the other species, cos i'm worried that in case the eggs Hatch the shafts might become more aggresive.

Shaftails are known to be very pushy. The only other birds that I would and do trust them with are zebras, they can hold their own. If possible I would separate your pushy species from your more passive species.
There has also been a couple of forums here lately about agressivity when breeding mixed species together.

I do have another aviary big enough to take the owls and star in it too, but there are 2 pairs of zebras and 2 pairs of societies in it already, are they compatible with them, cause i read that owls could mate with zebras. even though my 2 zebra pairs are already bonded and with eggs.

Ultimately, you'd probably do best keeping your shaftails and zebra's together in one aviary and the other 3 species together in another. You have eggs now with the Zebs so I wouldn't try to doing any moving right now though until after the babies are fledged.

Renee

I would let the stars and owls have their own aviary, and put the rest together. I have had problems with the societies being too helpful and interfering with incubating and feeding babies of other species.