Would this be an OK run for the daytime?

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At the moment I have 2 boars living in the shed and 3 sows and 1 boar living outside in hutches (the boar lives seperatly to the sows) I have 2 6ft runs, one of them is attached to the outdoor hutches and the other one is seperate. I don't like to leave it out in this weather with a guinea-pig in it because they don't have any shelter (even with a pigloo in there I'd still be worried about the shelter) so Billy and Barry (the 2 that live in the shed) only really go in these runs at the weekend. I know this is not enough, so normally when I get back from school I try and get them into the runs for an hour or if its light enough, 2 hours, but before they moved into the shed they were used to going in the run almost every day for up to 9 hours so it's a big change really for them. I've got some grids that I've made into a mini run for Barry, it's not very big, but I'm hoping to make it one or 2 grids bigger in a few days when I've moved some stuff in the shed around. Would it be Ok for the daytime for Barry? I was wondering whether I should give it a lid completly, or 1 or 2 grids or no lid? It is in a shed which the cat can't get in.

What do you think? (Please excuse the mess and hole in the shed - I've asked my Dad to fix the hole at the weekend)
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Sorry the shed is such a dump, but I'd rather they were in there than outside.
 
That looks fine as long as there safe and secure and warm. It's better them being a little cramped than outside in the cold
 
Yes Billy lives in the cage next to the run and he can go in it sometimes, I need to sort that out because Billy's cage opens at the top so he couldn't go in and out as and when he wanted to, but I'm going to try and find a way to let him go in the run more often too.
 
I opened Barry's hutch door this morning so he could go in and out and Mum went to check on him at lunchtime and he was running round it and wheeking :)) I think he likes it
 
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