Safe way to kill ants in chicken yard?

[Jrios58]

I live in N Texas and have lots of fire ants. Now I have a couple of mounds in the chicken yard. What's the best way to kill them without hurting my hens?

 

[Matejka]

I live in N Texas and have lots of fire ants. Now I have a couple of mounds in the chicken yard. What's the best way to kill them without hurting my hens?

If you find a way-let know please?

 

[CluckerFamily]

Not sure if this would work but I killed ground hornets under a stump with a mixture of dawn dish soap and water. I actually would fill an empty coffee container with a mixture of soap and water to push japanese beetles into, and then when I was done making my rounds, the container was dumped on the hornet nest. After about 3 days, two beetle harvests per day, the hornets were all dead.

 

[aart]

Might find something here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/se...=1&c[nodes][0]=13&c[title_only]=1&o=relevance

 

[speedy2020]

Mix Borid Acid with sweet fruit, sugar, and cooked meat. The worker ant will bring back to the nest for the queen. The Borid Acid will kill the queen and the problem solve. You can find the product below. To be safe, put the mixture in the beer bottle or something small so the chicken, cat, and dog can't get to it. If you know where the nest is, just put some where they are coming in/out.
https://www.lowes.com/pd/Hot-Shot-M...with-Boric-Acid-1-lb-Insect-Killer/1000609657

 

[speedy2020]

Not sure if this would work but I killed ground hornets under a stump with a mixture of dawn dish soap and water. I actually would fill an empty coffee container with a mixture of soap and water to push japanese beetles into, and then when I was done making my rounds, the container was dumped on the hornet nest. After about 3 days, two beetle harvests per day, the hornets were all dead.

I got rid of the ground hornets nest during winter night by covered the main entrance hole with dirt and then poured cold water over it. The key is at night when all of them back in the nest.

 

[Al Gerhart]

Dish soap kills regular ants really well so I imagine fire ants would also perish. Not sure if it is smothering them of if the soap attacks their exoskeleton but it works very quickly.