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First thing, I rarely ever brood chicks myself. The broody hens do almost all of it when I need chicks. Broody raised chicks seem to develop immunity faster than chicks who are not exposed to the dirt right away. They peck at mom's poop, and she is already immune, so it's like an inoculation...

Medicated feed may help, but in wet areas, many chicks contract cocci anyway. I always have to treat a batch of chicks between six and eight weeks old here in soupy GA. Dont worry about that yet, though. I have done both medicated and non-medicated feeds and have to treat anyway. Dry areas may...

My sage advice? Do NOT put any antibiotics in the chicks' water, period. I never, ever give antibiotics to chicks. No way. Put a tsp of organic unfiltered apple cider vinegar with "the mother" (sediment) in a quart waterer. THat will help with any pasty butt problems from shipped chicks. I...