Chomp, Chomp, Chomp

[tabikat55]

That's the sound of Tasha and Carley eating their fresh cut Orchard Grass. Wow what a difference compared to the Timothy Hay! And it was $30 cheaper per bail too.

So pleased

[LostInReverie]

I love the way piggies joyfully munch good hay Is it a local bale of orchard grass or ordered from somewhere?

[Mitzi_n_Pip]

What's the difference between orchard grass and timothy hay?

[snowball002]

I use Oxbow timothy hay and get 5 lbs. of it for $5 from a rescue organization I adopted one of my pigs from. Regular timothy hay in the Pet store is like $8 for not even 1 lb. WOW! Major price difference...

[tabikat55]

The girls are 2.5 yrs. old. So for the first 6 mo. I messed around with Kaytee (once), then Oxbow Timothy in various sizes. If I remember right the 9 lb. cost me 25.00 = 2.77 lb. Then I started buying 50 lb. boxes, which came to 1.00 lb. Much better deal.

But the last 2 boxes were horrible! They looked like green hay with loads of seed heads and I've thrown 50% of it in the garden. Granted the pet food supply store would replace them and Oxbow was very concerned about the quality I was getting. But it was too much of a pain to return them. So I thought I'd switch to Orchard Grass. KMS had a price of $70.00 including shipping and Oxbow had just about the same price at the pet food store.

So I checked out Graigs List and found a farmer in my town who was selling 45 lbs for $10.00 =.22 a lb. Now thats a deal.

Orchard Grass is soft, long strans, grassy sweet smelling. Hay is green, with different sized stranes.

[Mastershroom]

What's the difference between orchard grass and timothy hay?

Orchard grass is a bit darker green in color, and the grass strands are noticeably thinner. It's much softer to the touch, and doesn't screw with my allergies the way timothy hay does. It's a bit more expensive most of the time, but since I switched my piggies from timothy to orchard grass, I haven't given it a second thought. The pigs love it too...they would always leave some scraps of timothy hay behind, but they eat up every bit of orchard grass that goes into their cage.