Goose momma of 3,wishing I knew sex

[Boomerforever]

Hi! I am new here,and also a new goose mom. But I absolutely love them! I have lots of questions tho. I got 5 African geese in spring this year. They were just 2-3 weeks old. Stop they are like four months now...ish. Two of my babies,( I think boys) bc of Boomer's size and Tweety's aggressive behavior,were attacked and eaten by coyotes. Had to be to take down my Boomer his little head stood to my thigh when he was upright. I am devastated. Very protective over my remaining 3. My questions tho,are: first I'd like to know their sex,bc I don't want them only having one girl and her being killed. And 2,how do I know if their picking at each other is normal or a problem? My smallest is who we think our female is. We named her Scorpius when she was a baby,but mostly just call her Princess. She's smaller than the rest and alot more docile( I think I'm using that word right) she's calm...never aggressive. In fact my two remaining (I think are boys) are kinda mean to her. Duke and Drake bite her neck,nip her and chase her out of pools,I finally bought 3,so they each have one. I didn't notice them doing this to her until coyote got her and injured her. Now they pick at her more. The more I dote on her,the worse it is,maybe bc I'm momma,and it's jealousy? Anyway if anyone can help me positively sex them before mating seasonem

 

[Boomerforever]

These two are my boys(I think) what y'all think?

 

[HKG]

@Pyxis @Miss Lydia

 

[Miss Lydia]

First I want to say how sorry I am for your loss.

For me it's hard to tell sex unless hearing voices. Ganders have a shrill honk females are low pitched not sure at 4 months if you can tell that yet. My geese are 14 and 9 so it's been many years since I had a 4 month old.
Another way to tell sex is by stance. Ganders like to stand tall while females just stand normal.
you got your geese at the same time? so they have grown up together? I'm not sure why they would pick on her unless she isn't a she? Maybe @Pyxis can help more on these issues.
I don't understand when you say you finally bought 3 does that mean you didn’t get them at the same time?

 

[Boomerforever]

First I want to say how sorry I am for your loss.

For me it's hard to tell sex unless hearing voices. Ganders have a shrill honk females are low pitched not sure at 4 months if you can tell that yet. My geese are 14 and 9 so it's been many years since I had a 4 month old.
Another way to tell sex is by stance. Ganders like to stand tall while females just stand normal.
you got your geese at the same time? so they have grown up together? I'm not sure why they would pick on her unless she isn't a she? Maybe @Pyxis can help more on these issues.
I don't understand when you say you finally bought 3 does that mean you didn’t get them at the same time?

Thank you so much for taking time out of your day to answer me!. Um no,I meant 3 pools. Got tired of them pushing her out. She's injured, you'd think they'd give her a break. Well anything is possible,she might be a he,but princess is our smallest,and she's very gentle and not aggressive at all. My(boys) I think? Are more aggressive for sure. They grew up together

 

[Boomerforever]

Thank you so much for taking time out of your day to answer me!. Um no,I meant 3 pools. Got tired of them pushing her out. She's injured, you'd think they'd give her a break. Well anything is possible,she might be a he,but princess is our smallest,and she's very gentle and not aggressive at all. My(boys) I think? Are more aggressive for sure. They grew up together

Sorry,I can finish now,Drake came,he does not like my phone,lol. He will peck it repeatedly til I put it up. ,L,lol. I think it's a jealousy thing. Thank you for your condolences. That like to broke me. So I think they also are jealous of each other? Like there are certain times,like now; when only Drake will come to me,and he will pretty well hog my time,if one of the others walk by the other will completely ignore me. If I talk to him/her and offer her/him clovers,Drake will gently peck at me til I go back feeding him. So...idk, jealousy maybe. At this point idk who the alpha is. For a week it was Drake,this week it is Duke. Boomer was my big beautiful boy,and he was their leader. He was the biggest by far,stood to my hip!. But he is gone now,so...? I just wanna figure out my males,females before mating season,I don't want princess being hurt. Thank you so much for chatting w me. God bless and good day