Same sex mating / lack of broodiness

[cottontail farm]

Good morning everyone,
I have 3 African geese; one male and 2 females. I've noticed the last two weeks that the one older female was starting to lose feathers on the back of her neck and assumed it was just from the gander mating. Well, this morning I caught the gander and a goose both mating this poor lady at the same time. (Yes I'm sure I have two females; they've both laid eggs). What's the best thing to do here before she starts getting injured (there are some missing feathers around one of her eyelids too). No fighting between the females, just the mating.
Also, my females are 1 and 2 years old and although they've both laid a few clutches of eggs neither of them has any interest in brooding at all. I'm leaving the eggs in the nest - nothing. Is this something that won't come until they're older?
Thanks geese friends!

 

[FluffTheDuck]

I wonder why a female would become a male... they only change gender if there is a lack in the sex they are (for example, 4 males, one female, at least one male would change to a female, which is more rare then a female changing to a male.OH WAIT, this is geese lol I forgot I’m not sure if geese can change gender). I would get more females, and separate the poor female until you get more.

 

[FluffTheDuck]

@Miss Lydia

 

[Ryder]

I wonder why a female would become a male... they only change gender if there is a lack in the sex they are (for example, 4 males, one female, at least one male would change to a female, which is more rare then a female changing to a male.OH WAIT, this is geese lol I forgot I’m not sure if geese can change gender). I would get more females, and separate the poor female until you get more.

Poultry can change gender how does that work? and what species

 

[cottontail farm]

Poultry can change gender how does that work? and what species

It's been observed by some members on this forum that a hen can take on rooster-like traits (crowing and mounting) if there is no dominant bird in the flock. They don't actually lose ovaries or grow testicles, it's just behavior.
I have no reason to believe that's what's going on with my geese.

 

[FluffTheDuck]

Female ducks that change to male actually fertilize eggs.

 

[FluffTheDuck]

Anyway, I don’t have geese, so I don’t really know.. but miss Lydia probably will.

 

[Isaac 0]

Geese can be weird sometimes.I caught my female on top of my gander last week.Give them some time to figure everything out.Could you post a photo of her?Geese are more likely to go broody after there first year. African geese aren't know for there broodiness either.

 

[cottontail farm]

Yes, they are weird, that's for sure. Do you mean the lady with the injuries or the lady who is mounting?

 

[The Dapper Duck]

My ducks have done this a bunch. It tends to be with the hens who co-op a nest together. Maybe it's a bonding thing, but I have had multiple 'pairs' of hens within a harem and they will set, hatch, and rear the ducklings together.