Arizona Chickens

[heidisue]

May I sugest a skin tight body suit, no pockets, no purses, no under cloths, carry billfold and ID in clear plastic bags....... And giggle when they pat you down, then ask for a date.
As for myself I this kind will ware this one, I an way over weight, 67, and what was has taken a trip do to gravity. This way they know I am the weapon...... Spandex Zentai Full Body Suit.

You have to remove the head cover to eat or drink....

Lollollollol!!! Thank you for that hmm, how does one breathe in that thing!?

 

[heidisue]

I'm re-reading my posts.  I'm coming off as a know-it-all, which I do tend to sound like!  I've only had chickens since April, so obviously still learning.  Also, I've started and stopped fermented feed...3 times already.  It hasn't always worked out.  I've found fermenting feed simple and easy most of the time, just like chicken keeping should be simple and easy. 

Leaf cutter ants are still out and about.  I have not seen them for a while and foolishly put the broiler pen in a known ant pathway--their path straight into my garden, where they wreak destruction.  Last night I planned to cover the pen and leave the broilers out all night but when I checked on them....ANTS.  I hate the ants.  Like, boiling hatred for them at this point.  I don't think leaf cutters have any interest in swarming my chicks and biting them, but they were crawling where my chicks were sleeping, so I moved the chicks back into the garage for the night.  I just don't know what to do about the leaf cutters.  They only come out a night, and not every night...I don't know their schedule, they don't respond to DE...their mounds are on not on my property, so I'm kind of limited in how I deal with them.  I'll spread DE around the outside of the broiler coop, and maybe the ants will at least avoid the DE.  I don't know. 

Still only one layer.  Very impatiently waiting for the others.  Oh, I gave away my first set of  6 eggs (to my parents)!  Felt great! 

I HATE those stupid ants!!! I finally went toxic - amdro (I think) is the only thing that worked. I hate using poison, but I tried everything and they were biting the chickens and my boys and taking the chicken feed...

 

[Demosthine]

May I sugest a skin tight body suit, no pockets, no purses, no under cloths, carry billfold and ID in clear plastic bags....... And giggle when they pat you down, then ask for a date.
as for myself I this kind will ware this one, I an way over weight, 67, and what was has taken a trip do to gravity. This way they know I am the weapon...... Spandex Zentai Full Body Suit. You have to remove the head cover to eat or drink....

Hey, Target has them on sale at my local store! Only $15 when I was there last week...

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[pipemum]

I HATE those stupid ants!!! I finally went toxic - amdro (I think) is the only thing that worked. I hate using poison, but I tried everything and they were biting the chickens and my boys and taking the chicken feed...

I think Gallo said something about Amdro too, and my boss has mentioned it before as well. I think I'm going that route. They've been so bad this year and I'm just done. It'll feel good to have a solution to my complaining! Is Amdro available at Lowe's or Home Depot?

 

[Twinklin]

Hey, Target has them on sale at my local store! Only $15 when I was there last week...

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My boyfriend has a green one of those spandex suits. There's a character on Always Sunny in Philadelphia called Green Man who is kind of an Eagles mascot. He went to an Eagles tail gate party dressed as him and so still has the green suit.

 

[Gallo del Cielo]

Nice outfits!

 

[heidisue]

Both I thi

I think Gallo said something about Amdro too, and my boss has mentioned it before as well.  I think I'm going that route.  They've been so bad this year and I'm just done.  It'll feel good to have a solution to my complaining!  Is Amdro available at Lowe's or Home Depot? 

Both I think. Keep it away from the chicks though - mine were run confined for a few days. Have you guys seem American horror story? They use a spandex suit like that in it.

 

[Gallo del Cielo]

hahaaha, omg, those suits are all kinds of awesome.

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I don't know if Amdro would work against leaf cutters or not. Amdro works against many ant species because the workers carry food directly to the queen to eat, which kills her and then the colony. Leaf cutters collect organic material to grow fungi, which they eat. I've never tried it with them, so I don't even know if they would collect it and incorporate it into their fungal garden. They're actually somewhat selective about the stuff they bring in. If someone tries it, I'd like to know what happens. Yeah, you can get Amdro at either place.

 

[pipemum]

I don't know if Amdro would work against leaf cutters or not. Amdro works against many ant species because the workers carry food directly to the queen to eat, which kills her and then the colony. Leaf cutters collect organic material to grow fungi, which they eat. I've never tried it with them, so I don't even know if they would collect it and incorporate it into their fungal garden. They're actually somewhat selective about the stuff they bring in. If someone tries it, I'd like to know what happens. Yeah, you can get Amdro at either place.

I was just coming to ask about this--the Amdro product site says their poisons work on sweet-eating ants, which aren't leaf cutters. I'm in a poison mode right now, and I have regular, sweet-eating ants invading my house so I'll still pick up some Amdro for them. I'll search around to see what may work on the leaf cutters.

 

[Gallo del Cielo]

I was just coming to ask about this--the Amdro product site says their poisons work on sweet-eating ants, which aren't leaf cutters. I'm in a poison mode right now, and I have regular, sweet-eating ants invading my house so I'll still pick up some Amdro for them. I'll search around to see what may work on the leaf cutters.

Keep us updated. I'd really like to get rid of mine.