hay

[bluemini]

I am so not buying hay from stores anymore,it cost me $7 for like a 3 pound bag , so I was watching a video and someone said if you buy hay from a feed store you had to freeze it ?

Well I always bought that kind for my horse and goats and never did,can anyone help with my confusion !

 

[CCourson05]

They say that the green in the hay is what is important... I don't really believe this... The pellets have all the nutrition a rabbit needs, so the hay simply serves as a tooth trimming snack... At least IMO.

 

[terri9630]

I am so not buying hay from stores anymore,it cost me $7 for like a 3 pound bag , so I was watching a video and someone said if you buy hay from a feed store you had to freeze it ?

Well I always bought that kind for my horse and goats and never did,can anyone help with my confusion !

I've never heard that before. My rabbits eat from the horse bales. I'd never pay that much for a small bag of hay.

 

[Ms. Research]

You are going to pay more at a pet store. Especially for choice items such as hay or alfalfa. When you go to a feed store, you by quantity and that's the price you pay. But when you go to a pet store, you pay a specialized price for choice hay. When I get more bunnies, I plan to go to a feed store to get my hay. But with just three, that much hay would deteriorate before we got half way through it. I don't know about freezing it. Not sure at all. But when you freeze stuff, you loose nutrition. Unless it's freeze dried.

K

 

[lovinglife]

Maybe you can find a farmer and buy a bale. Hay was high here this year but we got really nice grass hay for 10 dollars a bale. That is for a 75 to 100 pound bale, it will last my small heard about a month.

 

[adorable]

wow. That is expensive. Buy from a farmer. It is better . I bought grass hay for 3 dollars. That was one square bale. I have allot of rabbits. It lasts a long time.

 

[lastfling]

I'm paying about $ 2 to 3 a bale for a 50/60 pound bale. Usually fescue hay, as that's what's most prevalent in this area. Do look to see / ask whether it's stored inside - in the dry before you buy and I try to get horse quality which should be a better grade.

 

[bluemini]

We dont have nay farmers around here but we have one feed store where I bought hay for my horse and goats but just never thought about it for the rabbit . And I checked with them they said they are out right now but will check back in a few days, theres is a whole bale for $5 I think was the price . But yeah tractor supply is where I have been buying the tiny bags for a few years and its just outrageous !

I am so confused about the freezing thing though ? Guess I will just ignore it and feed it to them anyways :/

 

[lovinglife]

The only reason I could think you would want to freeze it was maybe worm eggs? Mine is outside so no doubt it has already frozen, a couple times, but I fed it to them before it ever froze and never noticed any issues. I am curious to this as well.

 

[SheepGirl]

You are going to pay more at a pet store. Especially for choice items such as hay or alfalfa. When you go to a feed store, you by quantity and that's the price you pay. But when you go to a pet store, you pay a specialized price for choice hay. When I get more bunnies, I plan to go to a feed store to get my hay. But with just three, that much hay would deteriorate before we got half way through it. I don't know about freezing it. Not sure at all. But when you freeze stuff, you loose nutrition. Unless it's freeze dried.

K

As long as you keep the large bales (35# +) indoors or under tarp, they should maintain their quality.

One of my friends told me they were cleaning out their barn and they found 20 year old hay. Still green. So they fed it to their goats and they ate it like it was the best thing ever.