ants in incubator

[treeclimber233]

I opened my incubator last night and saw ants inside the incubator. I thought they were wasting their time because they could not get thru the shell. Then I noticed one egg pipped. And out came an ant thru the tiny hole! Then another one!!!!. I opened the large end of the egg and killed all the ants that I saw in the egg. My poor baby was getting bitten and could not do anything to protect itself. I put the egg back in the incubator (after spraying all around) and then helped it hatch out this morning. Seems ok right now. I guess time will tell if the ants did any damage. Anybody else ever have this problem?

 

[Waldo]

We use comet cleanser sprinkled around on floor or ground to repel ants around our brooder. So far haven't had ant problem around incubator.

 

[kikescove.com]

I had that exact problem once back in the day of using the little giant incubator. I sprayed around it with that ant defense stuff and it worked fine.

 

[Blue Skys]

baby powder helps deter some types ants - just sprinkle around, they won't cross the path, and it's not so chemically.