2 Two Month Old Chicks Fighting?

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EDIT: The BL Polish is a confirmed Pullet so don't tell me that its a Cockerel.
For the past week, 2 of our two month old chicks (Frizzle and Polish) have been fighting with each other. The BL Polish always ends it by pulling the Frizzle's neck. Sometimes our 2 older R Sex Links who were bought with them break up the fight.
These two have been together since I bought them with some other chicks from the feed stores.

Is there a reason they're fighting?
 
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Mine do that, and they're raised under the same hen. They have plenty of space, the fighting has no dependence at all on gender, that I've noticed, and they begin about the time they're mostly feathered.

Is it just chest-bumping and feather tugging? If so, I would put it down to chick dramatics and sorting out the pecking order (and yes, chicks will start to sort out the pecking order at two months) and leave it unless there's blood drawn.
 
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