Or spring time when everyone gets goslings. (I can't wait!) I'm so glad I got them. Even when they are brats and do stuff to bother me, I just love them to death.
Honestly, separating him from her wasn't too hard on either of them. She didn't seem to notice for the most part because she was nesting in an enclosed space and only came off the nest once a day to drink eat a bit and take a quick bath. He was a little more chatty but so much better behaved...
My geese were actually really well-behaved during breeding season with me this past spring. Georgia would yell and holler and get upset if I was in the hen house near her nest before she'd gone broody, but she wouldn't do anything. Golly on the other hand, would follow me in to be sure I...