No matter how clean you keep the feeder, coop, and waterer, chickens can get diseases. If you are aware of the disease and know the ways to prevent and cure the diseases, then you will get a good profit from the hatchery.


1. Fowlpox
Fowlpox is a worldwide disease of poultry caused by fowlpox that are distinct from one another but antigenically similar, possible hosts including chickens, turkey, quail, and canaries.


It can come in two forms- wet or dry. In the dry form, the unfeathered area of your bird will have wart-like lesions that heal in about two weeks.


There is no exact treatment to cure fowl pox, but it will typically go away after a few weeks on its own. However, it is suggested to give extra care and comfort to sick chickens.


There are special vaccines that can prevent fowlpox in chicken, but if any chicken show signs of infection, make sure to keep that chicken separate from the rest of the group


Also, make sure to protect the chicken from mosquitoes since mosquitoes are able to transmit the disease from flock to flock.


2. Infectious Bronchitis
Chicken gets cough and cold just like a human. And it is also contagious. If the chicken becomes infected, you will notice that the chicken will minimize laying eggs, the consumption of food and water will decrease, and you may notice labored breathing from your birds.


For this disease, you can give your birds antibiotics for a few days to make sure that chicken will not get infected with other diseases, but otherwise, you just have to wait it out.


You can use preventive measures like cleaning the water and other things. However, it’s no guarantee.


3. Marek’s Disease
Marek’s disease, also known as fowl paralysis, affects chickens between 12 and 25 weeks old. If a chicken has developed tumors, has irregularly shaped pupils, or develops partial paralysis, it’s likely that they have Marek’s disease.


Marek’s disease is a form of avian cancer, there is unfortunately not much that can be done for infected chicks. As it’s a virus and is transmitted when a chicken breathes in a feather dander from another infected bird.


While this disease sounds dangerous, there are vaccines for this disease. Newly hatched birds can be vaccinated for Marek’s disease to help reduce the likelihood of infection.


4. Newcastle Disease
Symptoms of Newcastle in the chicken are breathing difficulties, nasal discharge, murky eyes, and reduction in egg-laying. Sometimes chickens can experience twisting in their neck and paralysis in their legs and wings. There are varying strains of this poultry disease, some of which are more lethal than others.


Just like the above-mentioned diseases, you can give your birds antibiotics for a few days to avoid any other bacterial infections.

And this disease is carried by wild birds, so it is vaccinating chickens is very important. Also better to practice good sanitation since a person can also get infected by the birds via clothing or shoes.