Hi - I’ve just recently got two lovely sows, and at the moment they are in a hutch just outside, they go into a run on the grass and come indoors for play and cuddles and seem very happy with this arrangement, but I am already worrying about winter!
I don’t know whether to bring them indoors (in an indoor cage) when it gets cold until Spring, or whether they can remain out in the day time and just come in at night - or is the transition a problem? Do you have to gradually adjust them to the change? My husband says his lived out all year round when he was a child but I’m not sure about the work required to keep the hutch properly insulated in that case.
If anyone could give me some advice as to what works best for them I would be most grateful.