That's terrible! Fire ants are vicious, but I didn't know that vicious! When I've been bitten by them - and that's been about half a dozen times on trips south - my body reacted with an local allergic reaction to the bites. Huge welts. Very painful. Poor little chicks!!I lost about 20, 4 week old chicks to fire ants! They were eaten alive while I was gone for just a few hours