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It's entirely your choice whether to feed medicated feed to your chicks, but you should be aware of a few things. The small amount of amprolium in chick starter truly does little to prevent coccidiosis, however, it does throw their B-vitamins out of balance by locking out thiamine on a daily basis as you feed. Amprolium is a thiamine blocker, the B-vitamin that the oocysts which cause cocci feed on and starves them out over a several day period. It is NOT an antibiotic, which we believe no one should be feeding to chicks on a daily basis.
We have chosen to go the non-medicated route, though with our first flock we did use medicated feed, and treat if and when needed with Corid, which is merely concentrated amprolium. That way, chicks only consume amprolium when it's truly beneficial to them.
***during or following treatment for cocci, you should offer your chicks a probiotic such as plain active culture, unsweetened yogurt to soothe their ravaged intestines.