Storms and chickens

[TINAMILLER1@AOL.COM]

So far I love almost everything about my Omlet but the ladder. Prior to putting my girls out, I attached a piece of wood with little wood steps to the ladder because I could see they were going to have issues being 7 weeks old. The piece of wood with slats seems to be doing the trick. They are 11 weeks now and have no issues coming down except they get to like the 3rd slat and then jump. It looks a little steep to me. I have seen the slant of other hen houses with ladders and they are not as steep. So, I am thinking about creating my own ladder out of maybe PVC and making the ladders slant not so steep. Going to do the design same as the current ladder just take it out maybe 1 more run and get a different slope on it. 

[Cat tails]

Add some perches just in front of the ladder and opening and they will hop from perch to perch. Mine never use the ladder, but just use the perches. Which are nothing more than some pieces of left over wood.