Rooster sneezing often, runny nose, make cracking sound breathing and slightly swollen face

[SkyAJK]

Hello,
Please help.
Yesterday I adopted a 6 months old Pekin Frizzle rooster from a rooster surrender people.

Throughout today:
He sneezes a lot and more often
Nose produces bubble water sometimes
Sometimes breath with cracking sound - sound like a mucus on his chest.
His face might be slightly swollen, but I am not sure of this as I only adopted him yesterday morning and Pekin usually look a bit swollen around the eyes and face.
Sometimes closed both eyes.
Head is really hot at the touch
He is living in a dog travel box and it has this strange smell, I think it is from his sneezing.
Comb is red and stand up straight
Face is really red like comb
Eating and drinking well

Treatment today:
VetRX on comb, nose, and a bit in the mouth
Vitamin drink

I am not sure if he has Mycoplasma or just simply a cold? What medication should I give him? Thank you.

Edit to add that we are in winter in Australia at the moment

 

[Eggcessive]

Chickens don’t get colds, but they get respiratory diseases such as infectious bronchitis, mycoplasma gallisepticum, coryza, ILT or others. They can get one disease such as IB, and it can be complicated with a second diseases such as MG or others. Can you return the rooster? That would be the safest thing where you would not infect your other chickens. Most respiratory diseases are lifelong and will make carriers of your whole flock. Tylosin, Tiamulin, oxytetracycline are some of the antibiotics that can treat MG. Oxymav is oxytetracycline that some use in AU. IB is a virus that has to run it’s course over several weeks. With the swollen face, it could be MG or coryza. Coryza also has a bad odor.

 

[SkyAJK]

Thank you @Eggcessive

Reading the information on your post I am sadden/stress out that I had take home illness that would kill my flock. I will monitor him for certain signs that might be one of the condition you mentioned.

@DobieLover helped me with the treatment last night. I am treating him with Oxymav B since last night.

I got this rooster at a poultry market from a person that take in unwanted rooster, this person houses many of the unwanted roosters and then sell them off to whoever wants to buy them.

Returning him means that he will die a slow suffering death as these people collect unwanted roosters do not care about them at all.

This is my 2nd experience with people claimed to be caring for animals, but treating these unwanted roosters cruelly while making a living out of them.

You have given me a lot of valuable information to think about and this will help me decide what to do next. Thank you.