fire ants

I live in a rural area of central Florida, fire ants are absolutely endemic here. The only really reliable method that I have found for killing out mounds has been to use the fire ant BAIT(Amdro is my personal choice) that they carry down into the mound to feed the queen. As I live in a good sized property broadcast spreading the standard poisons would A.) take too long, B.) cover a lot of area not affected, C.) cost more money, and D.) kill a lot of bugs other than ants that are good fodder for birds and other critters. Especially once the problem is under control and I only have to hit a few mounds that encroach, and walk the perimeter every couple of months to make sure they aren't spreading in from beyond my fences.

When I bait hills away from the coop/run area I simply keep the flock up for a couple of days then recheck the hills for continued activity. If there is activity I use a rake to scratch under any remaining bait and level the hill. I allow the flock out for a few days to forage, and repeat if the hill remains active or attempts to rebuild.
If a mound pops up in or at the edge of my coop/run I treat the same except I stake a 1/4in hardware cloth cage over the top of the baited area and leave it until the hill is dead, then scrape away any bait that is visible.
Never lost a bird to ingestion of the bait.

As much as my flock loves soft fluffy sand to play in, they avoid fire ant mounds completely.

Other methods I have tried, and I tried a lot, have not killed off the entire mound. It always came back.
 

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