how many in my hutch?

[sarahchad]

Hi just thinking of rescue pigs ( have you seen murfey) so would like a few more pigs- how many do you think my hutch can "hold" its 2ftx8ft with a upstairs of 2ftx4?
Just so I know how many I can have!
I have four pigs already 3 on the small side

 

[MrsM]

how many of your pigs use the upstairs?
You always have to consider space with 'what happens when all pigs are on the same level?'

i think there's a sticky that may help in the Housing section about sizes. 2ftx4ft is minimum for 2 pigs (that's all I know as I have 2 myself and can't overload my brain with non-essential info). hope this helps you a bit.

 

[Niki]

I would have no more than 6 in there to give them lots of room but you could have up to 8 as your overall hutch size is the minimum for 8.
I have 6 in a 12ft x 2ft hutch

 

[sarahchad]

Yeah thats what I was thinking, I'm going to have five so they have space but I was just checking that it was okay for five/six. I know I could have eight but I don't think there would be enough room even though its allowed