rivalry/aggression

[Goat Servant]

Just today two of the Boers were butting alot, both head to head and ramming ea other in the shoulder or thigh to the point of them both breathing hard with open mouths. One of them is 3 and the other an FF 1 1/2 yrs old. I have never seen these two go at it with each other.
They are both about a month out from kidding...which is my main concern. When the senior doe got her head between the younger one's front legs I decided to seperate them for awhile in different pens with a buddy.
I realize goat skirmishes can be pretty rough from a human standpoint but where's the line?

[Rockytopsis]

I watch my pregnant ladies a little closer, since you have room to seperate them with a buddy I would continue to do so. Could be that the younger one was trying to move up the social ladder.

[Goat Servant]

thanks Rockytopsis, was sort of leaning that way...the senior doe is not the herd queen but just the same, this didn't appear to be some run of the mill lets have fun and knock the snot out of each other. it went on for at least an hour. Younger one even making bucky sounds.
Herd queen tried to referee, trying to get between them, rubbing her head on the FF neck, bless her heart.

[AnnaS]

Fighting between first fresheners is normal. As babies and doelings, they don't have a strict social ranking within their age group. Near their first kidding, they will establish this order.

If you separate these does, they will continue the fight when put together again. It's best to give them a big pasture and let them sort it out.

Sounds like your herd queen is the designated peacekeeper. This is also a role that a buck or wether will take in a herd. Chickens do the same thing, with a flock rooster breaking up all the hen fights.

[Goat Servant]

Well I did seperate them for a couple of hours. I put them back in with the others and things seem peaceful enough for now.
Only one of these who were duking it out is an FF.