Transferrable illnesses from hen to chick and from chick to other chicks?

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I'm wondering if there are any illnesses that meet *all* of the following criteria (not some):

Passable from mother hen to her chicks, and then those chicks to other chicks.

The reason I ask is because I'm wondering if I can put my newly hatched chick in with the healthy 4 day olds or if I should keep her quarantined for some reason. She hatched here in our house.

We also have two 1 month old NJs that are very healthy as well but are in a separate brooder (same room in the house).

There are 2 EE, 2 GLB and 1 GB living together in harmony and good health in the brooder the new chick would be placed in - I don't want to mess up anyone's health.


Thanks in advance!
 
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There are quite a few but most aren't common.
Was the mother of the chick in question healthy?
If so they should be fine.

Among the most common are:
E-coli
Lymphoid Leukosis
Osteoporosis
Salmonella strains cause a number of diseases including Paratyphoid
 
Thank you for your reply, I appreciate it! :] We discovered we can't put her in with the others anyway. Even though she's only 4 days younger than them...she's still a quarter of their size and all of them head right to her and peck away, so she'll most likely be that "housepet Silkie" I was somewhat considering.
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