I am still working on being able to store a larger quantity of timothy. When I do, I will see who sells it baled locally. I have a recommendation from a friend that one can keep it well in a dry garage inside an old duvet cover (for dust and dirt). We have many feed stores here.
Until I do -
I have been feeding KayTee Timothy. It is green, has very long strands and lots of interesting "stuff" - the things we call "fuzzies" which they go for first, and double strands. It is a long-cut hay. About the last fifth of the bag is waste, as I do not like to give them all the short strands with the dust, so I toss it.
I bought also one bag of Hartz. I KNOW this is bad, I describe it here for comparison only. It was green, too, but a browner green. However, the very first handful out of that bag looked like the last handful of the KayTee. It was very short cut, straight, dusty stuff. Looked like dried lawn clippings. Yechh.
I went to look today at the Oxbow timothy. It is all brown, no green at all. I did not buy any 'cos I wasn't sure about it.
Questions: I know you all recommend OxBow products. Is this brown hay all right? Is it appetizing for pigs? I thought timothy hay, like alfalfa, was supposed to be green. Has the distributor just kept it too long? For anyone buying OxBow in bags, is yours green?
I would prefer not to mail-order hay if I can avoid it. I like to see it and buy it in person, so I want to find the right stuff and the right distributor.
Until I do -
I have been feeding KayTee Timothy. It is green, has very long strands and lots of interesting "stuff" - the things we call "fuzzies" which they go for first, and double strands. It is a long-cut hay. About the last fifth of the bag is waste, as I do not like to give them all the short strands with the dust, so I toss it.
I bought also one bag of Hartz. I KNOW this is bad, I describe it here for comparison only. It was green, too, but a browner green. However, the very first handful out of that bag looked like the last handful of the KayTee. It was very short cut, straight, dusty stuff. Looked like dried lawn clippings. Yechh.
I went to look today at the Oxbow timothy. It is all brown, no green at all. I did not buy any 'cos I wasn't sure about it.
Questions: I know you all recommend OxBow products. Is this brown hay all right? Is it appetizing for pigs? I thought timothy hay, like alfalfa, was supposed to be green. Has the distributor just kept it too long? For anyone buying OxBow in bags, is yours green?
I would prefer not to mail-order hay if I can avoid it. I like to see it and buy it in person, so I want to find the right stuff and the right distributor.