Fire ants in run

[Roosterinthecity]

This isn’t dangerous for the chickens?

It’s not. They make like 5 different kind. You just have to get the right one. I have used it a few times during monsoon season.

Diatomaceous earth also works. But it takes a little time to do so. By time, I mean a period of days. If it’s wet out, like really wet, then it won’t work as well either.

 

[lurae]

I have an abundance of fire ants also. I use DE (works somewhat), Lime (works a bit better), and the best is a borax/sugar w/water mix that I soak cotton balls in and then put in a place (preferably along the ant run) that the chickens cannot get to.

 

[lurae]

"Borax solution ants can be killed using various methods. One way is to mix sugar and borax in a large jar, then pour in warm water and stir until the sugar and borax are dissolved. Soak several cotton balls in the borax solution, then set the cotton balls near where you've been seeing the ants. The sugar will attract the ants, and the borax will kill them.0 Another method is to mix one teaspoon of peanut butter with two teaspoons of borax and stuff the peanut butter-borax mix into a plastic straw, then place the straw next to the ant-infested areas.2 Borax has a low toxicity rate for humans and pets, but it's very fatal to ants once they consume it. Ants that eat a borax bait will typically die within 24-48 hours. Foraging worker ants carry the bait back to their colony to share."

 

[Krugerrand]

"Borax solution ants can be killed using various methods. One way is to mix sugar and borax in a large jar, then pour in warm water and stir until the sugar and borax are dissolved. Soak several cotton balls in the borax solution, then set the cotton balls near where you've been seeing the ants. The sugar will attract the ants, and the borax will kill them.0 Another method is to mix one teaspoon of peanut butter with two teaspoons of borax and stuff the peanut butter-borax mix into a plastic straw, then place the straw next to the ant-infested areas.2 Borax has a low toxicity rate for humans and pets, but it's very fatal to ants once they consume it. Ants that eat a borax bait will typically die within 24-48 hours. Foraging worker ants carry the bait back to their colony to share."

Terro liquid ant baits use borax. They work really well for those tiny pavement ants, too.

 

[fuzzi]

"Borax solution ants can be killed using various methods. One way is to mix sugar and borax in a large jar, then pour in warm water and stir until the sugar and borax are dissolved. Soak several cotton balls in the borax solution, then set the cotton balls near where you've been seeing the ants. The sugar will attract the ants, and the borax will kill them.0 Another method is to mix one teaspoon of peanut butter with two teaspoons of borax and stuff the peanut butter-borax mix into a plastic straw, then place the straw next to the ant-infested areas.2 Borax has a low toxicity rate for humans and pets, but it's very fatal to ants once they consume it. Ants that eat a borax bait will typically die within 24-48 hours. Foraging worker ants carry the bait back to their colony to share."

This is really helpful. Most of the time we have a live and let live relationship with fire ants but this year they're everywhere. And they're in a bad mood, worse than usual.