ants everywhere

[k625]

Hey everyone. I know there is already an ant post going on, but I have little ants everywhere in my coop. There is one little mound, but thye crawl all over the place. I tried the boiling water thing, what other stuff can I use to sprinkle around? Does the DE kill ants? Please let me know any ideas!! They are taking over LOL...thanks so much

 

[Poison Ivy]

Baby powder works good also once it gets on ant they can't get it off and die. I use to sprinkle it in my flower beds all the time. DE will also work plus I have tried the grits on the ant mounds. But I live in florida so fire ants are a common thing here and hard to control or get rid of.
I also use orange guard which is great and it smells good.

 

[Chelly]

Yes DE works - I put some on a couple of ants that were in a plastic knitting basket of mine, they couldn't climb out and I checked the next day and they were dead! Its not RIGHT away but they will die.

I bought some grits I need to put outside to get rid of the weird red and black carpenter looking ants - I think they're called Field Ants..... we have HUNDREDS of them!

 

[k625]

Thanks!!

Is the DE ok to sprinkle everywhere in the coop and around it? The baby powder wont hurt the chicks at all? Fl is where I am too, so I know for sure about the ants everywhere all the time haha. I really cant tell what kind they are...they are kind of red/black and small. I appreciate everyones help.

 

[rooster-red]

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You're supposed to eat the grits with your eggs and put the DE on the ants!

 

[Chelly]

I've never eaten grits -

 

[pricem11]

Eye-talians call it polenta!

 

[rooster-red]

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Oh, you don't know what you'Re missing!
Eat them with butter & salt, not sugar.