Chicken Drama

We had an interesting Monday. I stepped in a huge pile of scat (that's the proper term for wild animal poop) next to the chick brooder this morning. We could not really identify it at this point as my 180 lbs coming down on it in a pair of worn out crocs did quite a number on the original dimensions of the pile :). Anyway, upon examination we determined that it was from a creature who eats things covered in fur and is infested with the largest flatworm you have ever seen.
All of the chicks survived the visitor, but we noticed one of the fancier breeds had a head injury and the other chicks were pecking at it. After separating it to the makeshift infirmary, we were able to clean it up pretty well and observe it's behaviors. We think it is going to make it and tonight it will have the presidential suite compared to the brooder accomodations it has been living in. We put shavings and individual feeder/waterers in Daisy's old dog kennel. And it got to come into the laundry room!
We set the live trap, baited with canned fish steaks from Winn-Dixie. Hopefully we'll have the culprit in the morning!
The coop is nearly finished, sort of. We were able to get some scrap vinyl from some friends for the flooring. Over the weekend we cut the pop-door, David and Wyatt built a ramp, hung the roosts, cut down the gifted nest boxes and replaced the rotten wall on the other side of the door. My dad has been a huge help in getting this whole project going and I'm very thankful to him. He spent the majority of his vacation week with us repairing the broken front door, replacing rotten wall studs and floor, attaching a porch to the front, and setting posts for the fence. Wyatt and Wesley loved having him around so much and looked forward to him coming everyday. They can't wait until Papaw and Nannie retire!
I have intended to get some pictures of the progress posted. Maybe we can make that happen tomorrow.