Colez
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I personally have no experience with Geese but I'm pretty sure that you're not supposed to have 2 males and only one female. I suggest rehoming one of the males and getting a couple more females for your remaining male. 
In my experience bonded pairs will be with each other 99% of the day. The male will typically look after the female while she eats or is on the nest. If she's not spending time with anyone in particular then I would guess she's not necessarily bonded to any of them. And like @cluckmecoop7 suggested, I would either rehome the female and have an all-male flock or try rehoming at least two of the boys.
raingarden
Crowing
The male you decide to keep will be her mate.
Her mate is whoever she seems to want to be around most, whoever she tries to run to if there’s trouble.
Ganders can get along well with each other depending on their personalities, but it can be tricky and take some time sorting who should be with who, eventually they’ll figure that out themselves, but they can do a lot of harm to each other if they don’t get along.
You should try to figure out who it is the female has chosen and separate the two of them from the other males, let the other two males be together and see if they sort it out amongst themselves, this is breeding season so they’re going to be argumentative, there’s nothing you can do to stop that.
Keep an eye on them though, if they don’t stop fighting after a few minutes you might have to separate them to keep them from really hurting each other.
By late spring to summer horomones should settle back down and you might be able to reintroduce them all to each other, there will be some tension initially, but that might settle down and they might be friendly towards each other until next breeding season.
If they can’t get along they’ll need to be permanently separated or rehomed.
Relationship dynamics can be tough to figure out with geese because they’re so individualistic, and depending on the time of year those relationships can change.
For example here’s some of what’s going on with my flock.
Group 1: 2 ganders and 1 girl, everyone gets along.
Group 2: 1 gander and 2 girls. The girls sometimes squabble, but generally all three get along.
Group 3: 1 gander and 2 girls. Everyone gets along.
Group 4: 2 ganders. They squabble now and then in breeding season but get along just find generally.
Group 2 & 3 can be paired to form a larger group in non breeding season, they get along just fine if it isn’t breeding season.
Members of group 1 can be mixed with members of groups 2 & 3 depending on their moods.
Group 4 can’t be paired with any of the other groups at any time or there will be bloodshed.
Ganders can get along well with each other depending on their personalities, but it can be tricky and take some time sorting who should be with who, eventually they’ll figure that out themselves, but they can do a lot of harm to each other if they don’t get along.
You should try to figure out who it is the female has chosen and separate the two of them from the other males, let the other two males be together and see if they sort it out amongst themselves, this is breeding season so they’re going to be argumentative, there’s nothing you can do to stop that.
Keep an eye on them though, if they don’t stop fighting after a few minutes you might have to separate them to keep them from really hurting each other.
By late spring to summer horomones should settle back down and you might be able to reintroduce them all to each other, there will be some tension initially, but that might settle down and they might be friendly towards each other until next breeding season.
If they can’t get along they’ll need to be permanently separated or rehomed.
Relationship dynamics can be tough to figure out with geese because they’re so individualistic, and depending on the time of year those relationships can change.
For example here’s some of what’s going on with my flock.
Group 1: 2 ganders and 1 girl, everyone gets along.
Group 2: 1 gander and 2 girls. The girls sometimes squabble, but generally all three get along.
Group 3: 1 gander and 2 girls. Everyone gets along.
Group 4: 2 ganders. They squabble now and then in breeding season but get along just find generally.
Group 2 & 3 can be paired to form a larger group in non breeding season, they get along just fine if it isn’t breeding season.
Members of group 1 can be mixed with members of groups 2 & 3 depending on their moods.
Group 4 can’t be paired with any of the other groups at any time or there will be bloodshed.
AGeese
Free Ranger
I believe the pair should be recognizable by their chatter. The female (correct if wrong) will make a kind of honk/honk, and the male will answer with a long call (might have that backwards)
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