Is there anyway i can keep them in 1 area?

You will just have to fence them off to the area you want them to stay in

 

Tie cords to their little legs and stake them down. That'll work until they figure our how to pull up the stakes or untie the knots. In short, I am first of all kidding and second, without fencing it is impossible--chickens don't "stay in one area".

 

Quote:TOO FUNNY!! and he's right, you can't keep a chicken in one area. the owl thing won't work. just give up and let the chickens take over the world. we'd be better off anyway.

 

Bird netting or deer netting are very portable, so that might be a quick easy way to fence off an area each evening. We went to decorative rock rather than mulch, and the chickens rarely (never say never) dig in our bedding areas.

 

Quote:I agree, get bird/deer netting and fiberglass stakes[all very cheap] and make them a yard around their coop. Otherwise, you will have to learn to love the mess, lol.

 

I'm like you & let the girls out for an hour or so before dusk. This i my first spring with chickens, got mine last fall. And they are destroying my once lovely backyard. Since I really enjoy their antics, I decided to just clean up as much as I can every time I let them out. I have fenced off one area where I have bulbs coming up. And I had to fence off the pond, both for plant protection & to keep the ladies from going after the fish.

There simply is no other way of doing it. They will go where they want to go. I still can't figure out why they are so interested in the carport where it is all concrete, but I can't keep them & their poo away from it.

 

I am convinced they save it up and when hit a sidewalk or concrete driveway? Boom! Bombs away. They are particularly good at pooping on walks and driveway my wife uses. I cannot tell you the joy that brings her.