Tips on dealing with a particularly aggressive momma?

[ElGoose]

My girl, Hetty, who’s just hatched 3 goslings is definitely our LEAST trusting goose lol - I think I’d mentioned before that she came from a farm where she had practically no human contact, no water to bathe herself, no shed room etc and she absolutely HATES people no matter how comfortable we’ve made her

Now it’s not that that bothers me, I’m glad I was able to give her a better life even if she is humanphobic - the issue is now that she has goslings I have no chance of getting anywhere near them to check on them or help them out of situations just earlier I had to practically corner them to stop one from choking on a weed caught in it’s beak, and Hetty flew at me with a barrage of aggressive wing bats and shrieks! She even knocked the poor baby onto the ground during it
I’m mostly expecting to be told that this is indeed my fate and there’s nothing I can do to change her hatred towards anything above 3 feet - but a gal can dream!
Maybe there’s someone out there with tips, I just don’t want to stress her out TOO much

 

[Goosebaby]

I would limit her and her goslings to a smaller area for at least a week until the babies are a bit sturdier. While they’re in there spend a lot of time with them by sitting with them every day. She’ll probably never like human contact but she can learn to trust you more and her goslings will learn quickly that you aren’t the terror their mother says you are this way. It doesn’t take much besides quietly sitting with them and as they get more comfortable you can start offering treats so that they start viewing your presence as something to look forward to.

 

[ElGoose]

I would limit her and her goslings to a smaller area for at least a week until the babies are a bit sturdier. While they’re in there spend a lot of time with them by sitting with them every day. She’ll probably never like human contact but she can learn to trust you more and her goslings will learn quickly that you aren’t the terror their mother says you are this way. It doesn’t take much besides quietly sitting with them and as they get more comfortable you can start offering treats so that they start viewing your presence as something to look forward to.

Aw thank you so much for the advice I’ve been sitting with them a lot but I’ll definitely try upping my time with them and giving treats - I always worry that by sitting there I’m just making them more uneasy lol!
For the first day or 2 they were in the big shed with food and water and then we gave them some yard space as well as a tray for them to splash around in, and just today we’ve let them roam around a larger patch of garden and they’ve loved it they’ll be a week old tomorrow I believe

 

[Goosebaby]

She’ll probably always be aloof, but the goslings will grow up thinking that you’re just one of the gang.