this is what happens when you don't spray carpenter ants

[Coldfront]

I have cut down several large white Poplar trees around my hay field and when I split them there were millions of carpenter ants that came out of them. Thank god I had chickens. When I brought the Rooster over to the splitter, he started looking and looking at the activity on the ground around him then started calling his hens over and in no time the whole flock was there having a feast. From that point on, every time I was done splitting the flock would head to the splitter to see what they could scrounge up.

Everytime I split wood the chickens are right there looking for a free meal, they love big ants.