Safe Ant Killers for Chickens??

[FrostRanger]

I despise rats, however they are part of a food chain, I just dont want them near my hens and horses feed bins !!!! i set traps and rehome them deep in the Everglade's far from the ranch. have cats but they are fat and lazy, the Terriers do a better job at keeping the numbers down in the barn and area

Please don't catch and release rats, especially somewhere like the Everglades. Rats can eat chicks of ground nesting birds are generally harmful to the environment. The rats that usually trouble people also aren't native and are not in short supply. Also if that rat finds its way to someone else's farm, it's now trap shy. That's assuming the rat doesn't get brutalized by any rats already in the area as they don't appreciate outsiders

If you catch a rat, for the sake of the environment and those around you, please don't release it elsewhere, just kill it. Aside from what I already said, relocating rats is illegal in some places too because they are invasive pests

 

[FrostRanger]

As for OP's question, any sort of soap will kill them too but it has to be applied directly. You could make a big batch of soapy water and pour it on the mound