SoCal ants!! >:(( HOW TO MAKE THEM GO AWAY SO THEY DONT ATTACK MY CHICKS and chickens when theyre al

[undine]

So it's almost summer.. i mean what am i talking about..ants are everywhere all season, although it gets worse during summer. I have a semi decent size backyard where i have crops growing such as squash, dragon fruits, guava, plums, and other things. In the center of my crops which is a rectangle, there is a grass lawn which has extremely thick grass and which ants loves to nest and crawl inside. That's going to be the main place where ill be letting my chicks/chickens roam. I'm super worried and paranoid about the ants crawling onto my pet chickens, and all of a sudden having a swarm of them nesting in my chicks and of course attacking my chicks. What do i do and how can i get rid of them without harming my chicks with chemicals and such??

 

[undine]

So it's almost summer.. i mean what am i talking about..ants are everywhere all season, although it gets worse during summer. I have a semi decent size backyard where i have crops growing such as squash, dragon fruits, guava, plums, and other things. In the center of my crops which is a rectangle, there is a grass lawn which has extremely thick grass and which ants loves to nest and crawl inside. That's going to be the main place where ill be letting my chicks/chickens roam. I'm super worried and paranoid about the ants crawling onto my pet chickens, and all of a sudden having a swarm of them nesting in my chicks and of course attacking my chicks. What do i do and how can i get rid of them without harming my chicks with chemicals and such??

Oh and Im also a new chicken owner, i haven't even gotten my chicks yet LOL but i want to prepare so when they come and grow, ill have everything ready for them so that they can live easy and enjoy ;p

 

[browning6]

I live in the central valley of CA and i notice very few ants in my coop and run. i know when I had small chicks they would sit at the trail of ants and eat every one that walked by. I wouldnt worry about it. Bring on the chicks!

 

[tntgrandma2011]

If you can find the nest sprinkle grits around it, the ants will take it into the nest and it will kill the colony. From what I was told grits will kill all kinds of ants.

 

[Maligator]

Grits?! REally?! I need to try this! I have two varieties in the yard, large cutter type ants that drag clippings of grass and debris back to the nest and then smaller, sugar ant looking types. The ones in the coop the chickens wont eat but it could be because they don't see them? Not sure, but I'll try te grits!