Looking for some ideas/pictures chicken ramps..

[RUNuts]

I wired branches to a fence picket. Branches are cut ~8" long. Picket is 5.5" wide. Wire is on the underneath in an X pattern holding the branches in place. Used scrap wire from the hardware cloth roll.

Works beautifully!

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

 

[aart]

My thoughts on ramps:
At least 8" wide (10-12" is better for two way traffic),
cleats at a 4-6" spacing, angle 30-40d off horizontal.
They can climb up a steeper ramp, but may avoid it coming down.

All the bottoms of my ramps are 16" above ground/floor, they can jump that easy and often jump/fly higher. This lessens the angle, shortens the ramp material needed, keeps wood off ground, and keeps floor space clearer.

Main run ramp is all 1x lumber(2 pieces tied together with cleat fasteners) and a 3/4 plywood platform(I call this the 'porch').
Brackets on coop wall above are for an awning to protect pop door from the weather.

Ramp on secondary run is 5/4 deck boards with 3/4" cleats.
This one is a little steep (board lengths were scraps) but functional,
lots of room to fly down.
Smaller 'training' ramp is all 5/16" laun underflooring,
mostly used indoors only used here a week or so for chicks to get the idea.

These are 3/8" plywood with 3/4" x 3/4" and 3/4" x 1/2" cleats.

Little tiny broody nest ramp made from various scraps.
It was really cold and I did not want them to get stuck outside of nest.

 

[Howard E]

I'll share a different view on ramps. With few exceptions, it is my opinion you don't need them. Yesterday I watched one of my birds make a flat footed hop of four feet from the floor of the coop up to the roost bar. They routinely hop up on roosts and to next boxes, but somehow can't make a similar hop up to a pop door or opening? They can. Even baby chicks no more than a few days old can manage to fly up on a water fountain that is a foot or so high.

About all that is needed is a landing bar or platform outside the opening. If it is a really high opening, at most what you would need is an intermediary bar halfway up.