The chicken is one of the hardiest animals. As long as they each day a clean environment with fresh food and water are given, these animals are hardly ill. Have to say they are still in the free animals and some at risk of catching a disease or to be ill. If you know common varieties of chicken diseases, a better prevent and take care of certain diseases.Perhaps the most common disease that is subjected to a chicken is external parasites. Common predators are lice and mites. You will find, if you regularly handled his chickens, he or she may not the infestation under until the birds are visibly ill made. Because poultry lice are the skin and feathers food, he creates a motheaten appearance in the course of the Zeit.Milben are blood-consuming parasites, which will considerably weaken the poultry. These parasites are quite smaller than are lice and even more difficult to detect. If the hens have these mites, you will notice a scaly appearance on the face and legs his or her animals. A good idea would be, a veterinarian also an insecticide powder, that specifically use for birds ask for advice if the chicken shows these symptoms, but could be a person.Chickens need also to internal parasites, together with external parasites. Worms are one of which are vulnerable to the most common used internal parasites, the chickens. These worms lives in the soil and on the chicken droppings. If the poultry from these areas eats tainted, they are also the worms, so that infected food. Almost all chickens have some internal parasites that are not necessarily harmful.If the chickens in a heavily contaminated area are held, get an overload of internal parasites to diarrhea and can cause that hunger. Each disease can be identified by a veterinarian can also be identified, if it is a certain parasite that causes the problems. By studying a fecal sample from the herd, the veterinarian may prescribe to heal the right medication to his flock.Just like in humans, there are different types of smallpox viruses, affecting also poultry. Lesions on a people animals can be caused by this "chicken pox". It is then transmitted to other birds in the flock through contact and mosquitoes. As soon as the herd is infected, it is difficult difficult to prevent the spread. The lesions for the chickens to survive this disease must be given special attention and it must be caught in the early stages. There are vaccines available, this disease does not affect his flock. fowl cholera is another disease, affects the chickens. This condition is rather older birds in the flock, rather than the younger chicks influence. It is caused by a bacterium, which can quickly kill the entire herd. Can in many cases were exposed hours, the birds die. The symptoms, which may be a search are swollen feet and eyes or ears draining...All birds who should die immediately be taken to see a veterinarian. For testing and confirmation of cholera are required to handle according to the part of the herd that is still alive. If no treatment is given, this disease to other animals can through contact and contaminated soils distributed.
