Need some help in going about this...

[unbaked pegga]

I just wondered about the “A” frame support. Would I just have to saw notches for those wider boards. They don’t use that bottom rung anyway, just the two above it. I’ve never done anything like this so I want to be sure I have everything straight in my mind. I would hate to have to call a handy man and pay out a lot of $$

 

[Matejka]

I use a flat roost that is curved on top. My roost fell. The brackets gave out. I used metal corner braces to reattach it. It was easy. Screw brace to bottom of roost then screw roost to walls. It took 10vminutes tops

 

[3KillerBs]

My roost slots into chunks of scrap 2x4 that is notched to receive it.

This roost fits very tightly against the end supports so it's stable but if it weren't so tight it would need something to secure it so that the chickens couldn't knock it down (a problem with my previous flock where I had a very large, Light Brahma rooster).

 

[aart]

I just wondered about the “A” frame support. Would I just have to saw notches for those wider boards. They don’t use that bottom rung anyway, just the two above it. I’ve never done anything like this so I want to be sure I have everything straight in my mind. I would hate to have to call a handy man and pay out a lot of $$

Yes, you would have to cut notches in the slanted board that holds the roosts.

 

[unbaked pegga]

I just wondered about the “A” frame support. Would I just have to saw notches for those wider boards. They don’t use that bottom rung anyway, just the two above it. I’ve never done anything like this so I want to be sure I have everything straight in my mind. I would hate to have to call a handy man and pay out a lot of $$

My roost slots into chunks of scrap 2x4 that is notched to receive it.

View attachment 2628764

This roost fits very tightly against the end supports so it's stable but if it weren't so tight it would need something to secure it so that the chickens couldn't knock it down (a problem with my previous flock where I had a very large, Light Brahma rooster).

The slots seem like a good idea. Just leave the frame there. I have ruined more things trying to alter them and I don’t have a handy man hanging around and my knowledge is limited . Don’t know if the photo loaded right or not. It says 100% loaded but no picture so if I mess up that will be my baby. You the roosts don’t go all the way across, wall to wall. The attach to the frame. 4’x4’ Does that make a difference? Attaching picture facing in front of roosts

 

[unbaked pegga]

Part of the issue is because of the ladder, your current roosts are set at an angle and so your birds are having to sit on the angled corner of the wood. No matter the size of the roost, if using a flat board, they need to be parallel to the ground, so you're probably going to have to cut some notches into them to allow them to sit at the right angle.

As I use round roosts (branches), I used fence brackets to hold the roosts in place but they're designed for round items, not flat/rectangular.

Well looking at that frame again... the wood I have for the roost is 1”x3” if I try to cut notches for the roosts on that frame, isn’t the wood on the frame too narrow to cut notches, or no? It takes a full 29 minutes for them to get settled down, they keep falling off the roosts.

 

[rosemarythyme]

Well looking at that frame again... the wood I have for the roost is 1”x3” if I try to cut notches for the roosts on that frame, isn’t the wood on the frame too narrow to cut notches, or no? It takes a full 29 minutes for them to get settled down, they keep falling off the roosts.View attachment 2633361

Admittedly I'm bad at figuring these things out (plus I have limited tools), but what I'd consider doing to avoid having to notch... attach some short horizontal supports to the existing frame, parallel to the ground, and then screw the roost beams on top of those. They won't sit flush against the frame but they'll at least sit flat instead of angled upward. So like this, sort of (well, I did a bad Photoshop... you'd want the 3" up to sit on, not the 1" side):

 

[aart]

but what I'd consider doing to avoid having to notch... attach some short horizontal supports to the existing frame, parallel to the ground, and then screw the roost beams on top of those.

Excellent solution and illustration!

 

[3KillerBs]

Admittedly I'm bad at figuring these things out (plus I have limited tools), but what I'd consider doing to avoid having to notch... attach some short horizontal supports to the existing frame, parallel to the ground, and then screw the roost beams on top of those. They won't sit flush against the frame but they'll at least sit flat instead of angled upward. So like this, sort of (well, I did a bad Photoshop... you'd want the 3" up to sit on, not the 1" side):

View attachment 2633517

This is a great idea.

 

[unbaked pegga]

This is a great idea.

Things like this are why I failed geometry in high school (seriously) Even with the picture, are you saying put a pieces of wood under the roosts that are currently there and put the new roosts on top of the old roosts? forgive my ignorance