Ladder for Entry to Coop

[chickylou]

Hi Again,

I noticed that most have ladders for entry as just a board with trim on it at intervals for the birds to go up. I guess this would be a traditional coop look.

We have an old crib that has the bars on it. I wanted to cut the bars down to small ladder size and make that the coop entry board. Will that work? Should there be a board under or would it work to just make a ladder for them to get up. The coop will be 4 ft off the ground.

Any thoughts are appreciated!

 

[Buster]

Sound like that would work great! I have been known to use all kinds of things to improvise what I need because I'm not really good at building things.

 

[greyhorsewoman]

Go for it. We used the back of an old wooden ladder. Had to add a few extra rungs (after this picture). Works great !

 

[Bear Foot Farm]

It depends on your chickens. Biddies would have a hard time with the ladder vs a board, but bigger birds would do fine with just a ladder

 

[scooter147]

The ladder style works fine for chickens and you will avoid the poo build up on the board.
But like Bear said if you will have chicks it seems to take them a while to master the ladder compared to a board.

 

[jab91864]

I have a solid ramp, and while there are advantages the build up (because they all have to gather under their little porch) gets to be a pain to scrape off.