We're still in a lull of pleasant days. The guineas can have a couple of grazing hours in the early evening.
But, it will change.
I need to clear out the small room for them in winter. I have a grid-shelf unit that I can customise to make an indoor pen. (Like C&C)
I'm eyeing up the garage if I need to give them alternative outdoor accomodation. It's got a concrete floor, bit dark, but it's safe with a power source and we can out their Rabbit Run in and fill it with hay and straw and cardboard IF they need to go glamping. (Usually a 10pm emergency evacuation when the roof of their shed was damaged or the NDN tree had a branch hanging dangerously near )
Stockpile hay for bedding. Pellets. Soft barley straw (at the back of their haybox, in newspaper)
Weigh them.
DH (techy type) set up a Spreadsheet on the PC to 'plot' their weights. We have nice kitchen scales and a large bowl.
The girls have steadily gained.
GP3 lost 2oz when he was bonded but he's gained it back (and an extra chin 
)
Piggies aren't good winter weather babies, they like a bit of cossetting 
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Concrete isn't ideal but if it's a choice between dry concrete and wet grass, I'd pick the concrete but it would need something on it , otherwise my pigs would just sit there.
Our garage floor is concrete so we put a tarpaulin or an old oilcloth table cover down, then the rabbit run, loads of cardboard to insulate, a bag of straw and a bag of hay then an old duvet on top.
Couple of their housies to hide in.
(This was a middle of a rain-storm type scenario where we had to evacuate them and we hadn't prepared their inside space. The boars were quite happy to glamp 
)
I work P/T so I do occasionally give some care and consideration to my human patients.
DD is excellant with the Pigs, we have it down to a fine art
Last year when the NDN tree was hanging dangerously, it was in half term. She brought them in and put a temporary pen in the kitchen for them while DH braved the garden (I got off easy, I was working )
Ours come in at night in winter and have the little bedroom- which is next to DH and I.
And has no door . So I can hear them chewing, grumbling, wheeking , ripping cardboard
But the radiator is furthest away from them and I can open the window a centimetre or so to keep them ventilated.
The piggies have their microwave Snuggle Pad tonight (each pig will get one bumcheek on the pad) I need to buy another one.
It's nice that they sleep in the same haybox I think. When we had the boars they didn't do sharing of sleeping quarters. But the sows are quite ameanable to sharing GP3s haybox with him . They are decent like that, even though it was HIS house before theirs
YY there IS a load more scattered poo about now.
When we had two boars there were two definate Pooh Nests , one in each far corner.
When we had the girls in quarentine, I realised how messy these little creatures are compared to the boys (and how much they pee 
)
But I reckon Dill is tolerant providing he has their company , bless his heart. (And the walking Room Cleaning Service -me- tottles along with amazing regularity to take care of it )
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