giving herbs to chicks

[christie]

I want to raise the chicks on unmedicated feed. Though I will be picking them up at the feed store where they will be with a bunch of other chicks. I feel that they are more likely to catch something this way. I was reading online about using herbs as a anthlemintic, like garlic and yogurt.Some make garlic tea and feed it to them. I would like to try this instead of giving them medicated feed.
Has anyone tried this before? How did it work out? How old should the chicks be befor feeding them this?
Thanks a bunch...

[Cyngbaeld]

The medication is for cocci, not worms. If you get the medicated freed with amprollium, it is a vitamin analog, not an antibiotic or poison. They are not going to catch anything from the other chicks. They will all have come directly from the hatchery and go onto clean litter and not been exposed to anything.

[christie]

In a alot of websites they are calling Amprolium an antibiotic.
ex-http://chikinman.tripod.com/
Trying to go of the organic protaocols.. and using amprolium isn't allowed unless the animals are actually sick 1st.

Do you think Garlic would help with Cocci?
No one raises they're chicken on unmedicated food??? Whos buying the stuff then.??

[greenSearcher]

I bought unmedicated grower feed until I transitioned my birds to laying feed. Medicated feed is only for the first 6-8 weeks of life.

I had thought of feeding grower feed across the board, supplementing but the cost is too high for the benefit. Babies will be foraging sooner now that it is warm and maybe just maybe one of the EEs is broody. She fluffed up and growled and tried to hide the eggs from me today, so I will see if she stays put. First time!