Do you know any farm in East side of USA that sell hay through online?

[blackfang]

I really like KM hay. That company is from west side of USA. It will charge me around 33 dollars shipping to east side of USA.

If I buy 45 lbs of timothy hay. The total cost of 45lbs hay and shipping is around 60 dollars. That’s much better than ordering 50 lbs oxbow hay plus 10 dollars shipping through dr. smith website. The total cost is around 70 to 80 dollars.

I wish I live in west side of USA because shipping will only charge me around 10 dollars

 

I checked google.com to see any farm in east side of USA that sell hay through online.

I found one

http://www.sweetmeadowfarm.com/index.html

but it is unreasonable prices for me to order hay through that website.

26lbs to 29 lbs of timothy hay. It will deliever to my home and I’ll have to pay around 35 dollars (include shipping cost)

If I buy two of 26 lbs to 29 lbs of timothy hay. It will cost me to pay it and shipping for around 70 dollars. It isnt cheaper than KM company from west side of USA!!!

 

I cannot find another websites that sell hay closer to New York (to lower shipping rate)

 

help me? Thanks

[MooBunnay]

I would recommend looking at oxbowhay.com, and finding out who the local Oxbow dealers are in your area. I purchase Oxbow items through the local rabbit rescue, which is great because I get a break on the shipping since they purchase large quantities, and also some of the proceeds go to the rabbit rescue. Even if a rabbit rescue around you doesn’t actually sell hay, they can probably recommend a hay source to you if you don’t find a good one on the Oxbow site.

[blackfang]

I did check oxbowhay.com before. No stores or local rabbit rescue sell bigger bag of oxbow hay.

[RabbitPam]

I think if you have a good place to store the 45lbs. it would be worth it to buy the hay you like. I checked out their website, and it looks nice.
Divide the cost up by how many lbs. you use in a month, and that will tell you how long the 45 lbs. will last. I’m thinking it will be worth it and not that expensive if you look at how much you will be spending, or not spending, in a year.

[jerseygirl]

Moonlight_Wolf was following up farm hay in NY recently. I have no clue if it’s anywhere close to you though – sorry! This is actually 2 linked threads. https://www.binkybunny.com/FORUM/tabid/54/a…fault.aspx

Also, for online searches, look into horse supplies etc.  Bigger market but horse hay is often suitable for rabbits also.

[KatnipCrzy]

I have no personal experience with this seller- but “Farmer Dave” is located in New York. 

http://www.farmerdave.biz/servlet/StoreFront     I know this seller also sells on eBay so you could check feedback ratings there also.  And they do sell some other neat chews and treats.

I buy a bale of hay locally from a farmer- I was driving by the house and saw the sign “hay for sale”.  I bought a bale and kept the number- so I call when I am out.  I think I am the only person that he sells 1 bale at a time to.  But a full bale of hay is only $4.  And it lasts 2 bunnies 4-6 months.  I also buy treat hay for the bunnies- oat, wheat, blue bunny mix, etc to get them interested in eating more hay.  I like to give them some variety to they are not eating the exact same hay for 4-6months without something different now and then.

[blackfang]

Thank you everyone!

I found feeder store that sell timothy/grass hay mix hay bale for 7.99 (better than nothing!)
bale is various from 40lbs to 60lbs. I don’t care as long it is very very reasonable prices compare to over 50 dollars!

 

EDIT: That feeder store is only like 5 minutes away from my home XD.

[KatnipCrzy]

Taurus- congrats on the find!  I bet you are paying less for the bale than you would for shipping alone for that amount.  And you will find that you are not stressed/worried about wasting any when you dump the litterbox, etc.  That is what I noticed- it is nice not to worry about discarding hay.

[Kokaneeandkahlua]

GREAT find!!!

Sometimes I cannot believe what they charge for hay in the stores (sometimes 40$ for 40oz!!!!) considering it’s so cheap by the bale as you found!

side note-those round bales-which are out of the question for us city people, and would likely grow legs and walk off before we could use it all, are around 2000lbs of hay for 30-50$.

[blackfang]

Posted By KatnipCrzy on 09/02/2009 10:32 PM

Taurus- congrats on the find!  I bet you are paying less for the bale than you would for shipping alone for that amount.  And you will find that you are not stressed/worried about wasting any when you dump the litterbox, etc.  That is what I noticed- it is nice not to worry about discarding hay.

Yes!! I cannot wait to not to worry about discarding hay! Whew..

[blackfang]

Posted By Kokaneeandkahlua on 09/03/2009 07:59 AM
GREAT find!!!

Sometimes I cannot believe what they charge for hay in the stores (sometimes 40$ for 40oz!!!!) considering it’s so cheap by the bale as you found!

side note-those round bales-which are out of the question for us city people, and would likely grow legs and walk off before we could use it all, are around 2000lbs of hay for 30-50$.

 

Are you sure about this?

any pet stores such as petco or petsmart sell less than 10 dollars for 40oz..

 

anyway, lol, ofc I will not get round bales because it will not fit in the basement.

In future, I might will get round bale when I will adopt several rodents such as rabbits and guinea pigs.

[KytKattin]

Only $7.99 for a bale? Grr, it’s almost $20.00 here in CA. Thank goodness I’m only feeding rabbits now and not a horse!

[blackfang]

I’m not so happy right now!

We went to the feeder store that sell 7.99 per bale. They said these timothy hay mix with alfalfa. I’m like huh? On phone conversation, they told me that they do have plain timothy hay only but they lied. UGH!

We went to different place to get orchard grass hay. 35lbs for 3 dollars. We called the seller to see if orchard don’t mix with other hay. The seller said no. We went there. I saw orchard grass hay is yellowish and brownish. I wasn’t sure if this is right one because I sometimes bought oxbow orchard grass. Very green colorful but this bale.. its too yellowish. Lucky we got it for free but is it ok to feed rabbit and guinea pigs with 1st cutting yellowish orchard grass hay?

I noticed that 99% local farm sell mix timothy and alfalfa!!

[blackfang]

Oh, one more thing..

I’ll have to order expensive hay through online

[Sarita]

I find as well that the baled hay that is available where I live just isn’t good enough either – it’s very frustrating isn’t it! I just give in and get what I know is quality hay and that my rabbits will eat and I feel good about giving them.

[RabbitPam]

I agree with Sarita – it seems that if you get it for a good price, the bunny just rejects it. I just tried BB’s Timothy hay mini bale, and it is so fresh and smells so good (yes, BB, it was green and not brown as you thought) that it was dramatically different from the Oxbow I had to use from the pet store. She ate it right away. I still am going through a bag of Oxbow Oat hay, but when she’s done, I will try ordering online again.

Sorry the local hay didn’t work out. I hate when it seems you’ve found a close source and it fizzles.

[blackfang]

OMG how rude..

I typed my wanted specific hay that I want to buy on craigslist.org..

Someone respond to me

“AMASING!!! I am going to assume you just woke up from a long nap. It is great you want only grasses for your pets, I wish I could have provided same for my “pets”. As one of those farmers who till, spray,lime,fertilize, plant, cut,ted,rake, bale,load,transport and store hay by the ton and I need 18 tons (that’s 900 square bales)to get me thur the winter. Did you notice the rain this “summer”? The timothy and other grasses matured in late June, early July. They need 3,4,5 days to cure in the field, depending on the amount of sun/wind. The rain never gave us the time to dry the hay down. I personally bushhoged 6 acres of timothy/bromegrass that had gone to seed. The plants continue their cycle even if it is raining. There is a very good reason why us “farmers” plant mixed hays. But I wont’ go into that with you. Good luck finding your $15 worth of hay in the northeast this year. You might be better of drying your lawn clipping on your driveway and then spraying with a organic hay preservative.”

How rude!

[RabbitPam]

Ahh, the anonymity of the web, where you can instantly insult total strangers who would otherwise never engage you in conversation.

One of my favorite newer expressions: “Have an unexpressed thought.”

Sorry you had to endure that message.

No one on this website doesn’t appreciate farmers. That’s why we like to find good ones to get our supplies. Oh, well. Back to the drawing board.

[Sarita]

Oh good grief! What is wrong with people. That person needs to be slapped. Could be that they were just trying to get a rise out of you which they did – why do people waste their energy doing this – you don’t deserve this and they are idiots.

[HoppyBinkies]

Just wanted to mention, that you can look at Petsmart to see if they have the Oxbow hay. For the longest time, I use to order Oxbow Hay and pellets online from their website. Their website always said that there was no feed stores or suppliers anywhere near me, or in my state. And then I walked into Petsmart the other day… and nearly hit the floor! Petsmart now carries the entire line of Oxbow hays and pellets. So sad, I nearly did a dance in a Petsmart over rabbit hay, LMAO. Oddly enough, their website still claims that there’s no suppliers in my state, even though Petsmart now carries it. Might be worth calling around or checking out a few stores, I don’t think Oxbow updates that database very often.

[blackfang]

Don’t worry about it, I don’t take it personal

Hoppybinkies – No thanks! I know that oxbow products are in several pet stores such as petco and petsmart but they are expensive. All I want to buy is oxbow pellets for my rabbit and guinea pigs (guinea pig oxbow pellets) in Pet Super Saving Store. 10lbs for 15ish dollars. That’s better than Petsmart offer oxbow 5lbs for 12ish dollars.

[MooBunnay]

Wow – that is really shocking someone would spend all that time to write that email for no reason….

Anyways, I know it is frustrating to find hay, I would recommend keeping looking for local places to buy bales, the hubby and I tried bales from about 4 different places until we found one that had baled hay that my bunnies liked.

[BinkyBunny]

Sounds like one very disgruntled farmer! I know there are alot of farmers out there that can get very frustrated with the seasonal issues that can affect the color of the hay.   And, on top of that, I just recently found out that some farmers use vegetable dyes to grow in the dye so it ‘looks” greener. Though, my understanding it is VERY expensive so normally smaller struggling farms can’t afford it even if they wanted to. One of my hay suppliers was at a farm supply store and asked what that dye was for, and the store revealed some hay farmers use dyes. (Again, it’s very very expensive to use, so my understanding is that small companies normally can’t afford it).

We were gobsmacked! I never even thought about hay being dyed. So now, I can imagine that many farmers feel like they are just beating their head against the wall and on the edge of rage when their competitors may use this dye technique. And the dye doesn’t have to be listed in the ingredients because it’s “grown” in. (Put into the water)

I can understand why some may resort to adding dye as having some brown hay mixed in really isn’t bad, but it’s hard to beat that perception. However, I want to know what my hay looks like regardless and I would not want my hay to be dyed. With the hay that I get from my own supplier (the super compressed mini-bales) the hay is dye free.

So it just sounds like a reply by a Farmer on the edge. However, one thing I have yet to come across HAVING to have the hay mixed. That hasn’t been an issue here on the West side.

[blackfang]

Posted By MooBunnay on 09/08/2009 08:05 PM
Wow – that is really shocking someone would spend all that time to write that email for no reason….

Anyways, I know it is frustrating to find hay, I would recommend keeping looking for local places to buy bales, the hubby and I tried bales from about 4 different places until we found one that had baled hay that my bunnies liked.

 

Well, I tried to find bales from about 7 different places and I find no good quality of hay. I think it is because I live in northwest which means hay do not grow good quality due to cold weather and else.

[blackfang]

Posted By BinkyBunny on 09/09/2009 01:31 AM

Sounds like one very disgruntled farmer! I know there are alot of farmers out there that can get very frustrated with the seasonal issues that can affect the color of the hay.   And, on top of that, I just recently found out that some farmers use vegetable dyes to grow in the dye so it ‘looks” greener. Though, my understanding it is VERY expensive so normally smaller struggling farms can’t afford it even if they wanted to. One of my hay suppliers was at a farm supply store and asked what that dye was for, and the store revealed some hay farmers use dyes. (Again, it’s very very expensive to use, so my understanding is that small companies normally can’t afford it).

We were gobsmacked! I never even thought about hay being dyed. So now, I can imagine that many farmers feel like they are just beating their head against the wall and on the edge of rage when their competitors may use this dye technique. And the dye doesn’t have to be listed in the ingredients because it’s “grown” in. (Put into the water)

I can understand why some may resort to adding dye as having some brown hay mixed in really isn’t bad, but it’s hard to beat that perception. However, I want to know what my hay looks like regardless and I would not want my hay to be dyed. With the hay that I get from my own supplier (the super compressed mini-bales) the hay is dye free.

So it just sounds like a reply by a Farmer on the edge. However, one thing I have yet to come across HAVING to have the hay mixed. That hasn’t been an issue here on the West side.

Wow.. I never thought hay can be dyed to make it look greener. I’m sure that vegetable dyes are dangerous to rodents who eat hay.

Sound like I cannot trust any local farmers for hay because of this. Farmers could lie to you that they didn’t put vegetable dyes on hay. They probably want your money..

[BinkyBunny]

I know. I was shocked too. I did talk to my supplier who DOES NOT use hay that has been dyed, but she said the dye is not toxic (that was my first question too) – it is vegetable based, but it still doesn’t allow you to see what the hay really looks like. I doubt small farms would use this dye because it is so expensive, but I am only guessing.

[blackfang]

Oh! I wouldn’t get dyed hay because I want my bunny to be healthiest.

Well, I’m going order KM hay 45lbs of timothy mix with bluegrass hay and 45lbs of timothy hay for my guinea pigs and rabbit. Then I’ll order orchard 50lbs of Orchard grass hay through Dr.Smith website.

140lbs hay should be enough for my fur-friends to eat through the winter.

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