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If you can move the coop farther away, I would. At least for about a month. That way, if any of these new ones are sick, they won't infect your existing flock. As far as medicated feed, I've never fed it to my chicks because I have them vaccinated. Maybe someone else can chime in on that one.

Wow, send some of that cool weather down here. You could put a heat lamp on one side of your brooder at night and just be sure they have enough room to move away from it if they get too warm. That way they have a choice.

Forgot to add that that's a good idea to have it adjacent to the older ones. That way, they are all getting used to each other. That will make combining them easier.

Where are you? What's the temp there? If you pick your birds up, you'll feel how hot they run, so a mild temp shouldn't be a problem.

If they're 6-7 weeks old, they shouldn't need a heat lamp at all. You can put them in a coop of their own, just be sure the older birds don't have any kind of access to them. If they have a run, be sure it's secure so hawks etc. can't get to them. Meaning be sure it's covered, as well as...