old ladders okay?

[watchdogps]

Would a very old wooden ladder be okay as a ladder to get to the nest boxes? Looks about right to me, but maybe I'm wrong?

 

[Coopa Cabana]

I use an old antique ladder for their roosts, so I'm sure it would be fine to get to the nest boxes. Some of the old ladders have metal stretchers next to the wood rungs - be sure to remove them!

 

[watchdogps]

Another question - these old ladders may have paint and such on them, do I need to scrape that all off, or will the chickens leave it alone?

 

[bryan99705]

No issue, the most they will do is rub it off eventually. Very good use for a old ladder. I make my chicken ladders and roosts out of birch saplings and drill a hole thru them and run a piece of #9 wire to hold them together