Re: Hemp Bedding

diddy wrote:
in thread news:4673ebf2$0$8721$ed2619ec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
"Jill" <news@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> whittled the following words:

Nicholas wrote:

I have checked with all the local feed/farm stores and no one here
sells hay in bales; they all have timothy hey in small bags at
outrageous prices. I was wanting it to supplement our rabbits
diets.

The places to find are people who sell things for horses or who have
a few horses.
They tend to have hay which they will sell an odd bale

The other thing is to use one of the bagged fibres

For instance in the UK we have
Dengie Hifi and Alpha A
and many others
You can get dried grass nuts, dried grass fibre, as well as mixes
with more or less dried alfalfa which is much higher in nutrition.


Nicholas is in an area where horse hay is easily obtained

I realised that - hence my nudging him away from pet store type places and
more towards equine establishments.

(Even
though the area is seriously in a drought, he can buy a bale of hay
from just about any farmer or horseman, if he explains what he wants
it for, and they realize that he's not going to be buying off their
whole winter supply of hay. He can buy a whole bale for cheaper than
those pet store bundled projects.

I agree, as they have already cut the first cut in Indiana he may well get
some of the left overs from last year if he can take a couple of bales or is
happy to clear up around an old stack to help them clear the space.


A horse will waste more in a day than he would need or request.

But then he would not want to feed any animal what horses have stomped all
over.

The
little Nicholas would need would probably be donated to him, if he
just asked a farmer

It might
But then its better to pay for it. The farmer had to buy it or make it.


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Jill Bowis

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