My wife and I would like to get a couple pigs this spring to fatten for fall slaughter. We are both new to pig keeping and we're trying to make sure we have some idea of what we're doing before we get the animals.

After reading about how destructive pigs can be on their housing I'm thinking maybe a concrete block structure would work well and stand up to their abuse? Below is a quick-n-dirty rendering I did of what I was considering building. Disregard the block spacing as it's just a texture overlay. The actual dimensions would be a footprint of about 6'x6' on the concrete block walls and the roof would have about a 2' overhang on the front. (to make a small covered pig porch)

Is a 6'x6' footprint going to be large enough for 2 pigs?

Ideally I'd build up a wooden floor and cover that with straw.

What do you think about a 3-wall design? Too open and cold for the early spring? Should I continue each course of block around the front leaving only a door?

I'm open to suggestions about how to improve this design from people who have real pig experience.

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