Boy, you've got quite a challenge! I admire you for taking this on! If you put down artificial turf it would be nice until the ducks started pooping on it which would be in about 10 seconds. The turf is also kind of prickly for their feet and I don't know how you'd get rid of all the poop that will get caught in those "grass" fibers.
I'd say lay some kind of rubber mats all over the area they will be in. Or maybe some indoor/outdoor carpet that comes all in one piece would be even better perhaps. Make it fit in the area then block off the rest to them. Only 3 ducks won't need a ton of space.
I'm not sure those mats that have the holes would work because the poop would get stuck in the holes even when you hose it down so you might end up being better off with a full outdoor carpet.
How will you clean it off? Hose it down? If so, where would the water and poop drain to? I hope you have some kind of runoff area that the waste will be going or it will be a very stinky mess and the flies would be awful
On the bright side, it doesn't look like 4-legged predators will be able to get in with all those walls! Except for raccoons, they can get in but if you put a cover of netting over the top it would keep them out. Looks like that would be fairly easy to do since the area is not very wide.
What is that big grey door? I see where you could put a little garden for them to play in that will be nice and having a little pool on concrete will sure cut down on the mess with a pool.
I'd say lay some kind of rubber mats all over the area they will be in. Or maybe some indoor/outdoor carpet that comes all in one piece would be even better perhaps. Make it fit in the area then block off the rest to them. Only 3 ducks won't need a ton of space.
I'm not sure those mats that have the holes would work because the poop would get stuck in the holes even when you hose it down so you might end up being better off with a full outdoor carpet.
How will you clean it off? Hose it down? If so, where would the water and poop drain to? I hope you have some kind of runoff area that the waste will be going or it will be a very stinky mess and the flies would be awful
On the bright side, it doesn't look like 4-legged predators will be able to get in with all those walls! Except for raccoons, they can get in but if you put a cover of netting over the top it would keep them out. Looks like that would be fairly easy to do since the area is not very wide.
What is that big grey door? I see where you could put a little garden for them to play in that will be nice and having a little pool on concrete will sure cut down on the mess with a pool.