Bonding groups and housing question

[scruffy]

I am thinking of bonding 2 pairs of sows and a male that is on his own who i will have neutered, but i was wondering 3 things.

Firstly can someone give me suitable cage dimensions appropriate for housing this many pigs roughly.

Secondly will pigs use ladders in split level hutches?

And finally i have the females together in the run and they get on fine, but how do i go about introducing the boar when he is neutered? Do i introduce him one to one to all the girls, or do i put them all together in neutral territory and let them sort out their heirachy themselves as long as there is no fighting (obviously fully supervised). Thanks!

 

[nutmeg]

I can answer your second question. Piggies will definitely use ramps, don't think they can climb ladders! he he. The ramps should not be too steep, and in my hutches, they are covered in the stuff that covers roof, so they have a good grip running up. There are people on here though that have piggies that won't use ramps, and have to be coaxed. If your piggies are explorers though they will find their way up xx