Common Chicken Diseases

 Listed here are the most common diseases affecting broilers, layers and roadrunners. Follow each link to learn more on the disease and possible cure or preventive measures.

Common Chicken Diseases

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Infectious Coryza

It's a respiratory disease that commonly affects layers and roadrunner chickens and is prone during windy periods starting from around the month of August. Infectious coryza is highly infectious and can easily spread through the wind, direct bird to bird contact,...

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What is Pasty Butt?

Pasty butt or vent pasting is a condition where droppings stick to a chick’s vent area (the place where poop comes out), preventing excretion of waste. The hole becomes blocked with hard stools that stick to the chick's downy feathers and don't come off by themselves....

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