Anyone Ordered Kms Hay From Europe (uk Or Germany)

[RosieMaia]

Hi guys!

After being largely unimpressed by my last hay order, I am wondering if anyone ordered KMS products to a British or a German address. The website won't let me check out, and I saw in the FAQ section that they might not be able to ship to Europe. At the same time, I remember reading about people in the EU ordering hay from them (and complaining about the high delivery charge to Europe, hehe).

I am looking to purchase a ca. 15 kg box of orchardgrass / timothy / bermuda / bluegrass hay for the pigs. I purchased some 1.1 kg bags of Oxbow's orchard-grass and timothy hay from The Hay Experts, and neither of the pigs are impressed. Me neither, I should say, and I know good quality hay when I smell and see it. It looked like an overgrown first cut that was left too long in the sun, so it's more like it's been baked, and not dried. Doesn't smell nice either. It could be just the batch I got, or the fact that it's been stored in a plastic bag, but I'm hesitant to order a box. The orchardgrass variety is slightly better than the timothy, but not significantly.

And another question - is Dust Free Hay's timothy hay green and fragrant and fresh? I may try them instead, if they may be better than Oxbow.

 

[BertnErnie1971]

Hi guys!

After being largely unimpressed by my last hay order, I am wondering if anyone ordered KMS products to a British or a German address. The website won't let me check out, and I saw in the FAQ section that they might not be able to ship to Europe. At the same time, I remember reading about people in the EU ordering hay from them (and complaining about the high delivery charge to Europe, hehe).

I am looking to purchase a ca. 15 kg box of orchardgrass / timothy / bermuda / bluegrass hay for the pigs. I purchased some 1.1 kg bags of Oxbow's orchard-grass and timothy hay from The Hay Experts, and neither of the pigs are impressed. Me neither, I should say, and I know good quality hay when I smell and see it. It looked like an overgrown first cut that was left too long in the sun, so it's more like it's been baked, and not dried. Doesn't smell nice either. It could be just the batch I got, or the fact that it's been stored in a plastic bag, but I'm hesitant to order a box. The orchardgrass variety is slightly better than the timothy, but not significantly.

And another question - is Dust Free Hay's timothy hay green and fragrant and fresh? I may try them instead, if they may be better than Oxbow.

Hi I've just ordered pellets from them. They don't ship hay overseas which is a shame as their hay variety seems amazing

 

[Alex2016]

Have you tried Timothy hay .co.uk ? Their hay is meant to be pretty good, I found the hay experts a bit pricey for the nicer hay.

Hope you find a resaloution !

Kind regards
Alex

 

[BertnErnie1971]

No I have will take a look Thank you

 

[RosieMaia]

Have you tried Timothy hay .co.uk ? Their hay is meant to be pretty good, I found the hay experts a bit pricey for the nicer hay.

Hope you find a resaloution !

Kind regards
Alex

Thanks for the suggestion. I did check their website a few weeks ago, and I found it somewhat unusual that they were still selling 2013 hay, together with hay from 2015. I also read reviews on a bunny forum that the quality of the 2015 batch was inferior to the 2013 one, but I ended up ordering neither, as 2013 sounded old.

Oxbow's orchard grass hay appears to be universally liked by both pets and humans, but my bag smells of plastic and some of the hay is actually grey.

I buy wonderful alpine meadow hay from a German organic farm. Their whole process of growing, harvesting, drying and storing the product seems excellent, and the result is wonderful quality hay - soft, green, virtually no brown leaves, smells heavenly, the pigs adore it. I'd like to mix it with something, though, because it contains some of non-grass herbage: plantains, dandelions, chamomile and strawberry leaves, some flowers, stems of wild burdock, etc. I don't mind these, and the hay company does say that the hay would contain the natural vegetation of an alpine meadow, but I'd like to mix it 50:50 with a low-calcium grass hay from a single grass species.

 

[Swissgreys]

I buy wonderful alpine meadow hay from a German organic farm. Their whole process of growing, harvesting, drying and storing the product seems excellent, and the result is wonderful quality hay - soft, green, virtually no brown leaves, smells heavenly, the pigs adore it. I'd like to mix it with something, though, because it contains some of non-grass herbage: plantains, dandelions, chamomile and strawberry leaves, some flowers, stems of wild burdock, etc. I don't mind these, and the hay company does say that the hay would contain the natural vegetation of an alpine meadow, but I'd like to mix it 50:50 with a low-calcium grass hay from a single grass species.

I would love to know if you order this online, or where you are able to buy it.
It sounds fabulous.

 

[RosieMaia]

I do order it online, but it's a German company, and they don't ship internationally, even to other EU countries. Hence, I had to order using a shipping company. Here's the website, though - I order the second cut (BIO - HEUBALLEN (2.Schnitt). Bio Heu aus dem Allgäu

Here are some pics of HeuKauf's hay:
ReadiGrass is on the left, HeuKauf is on the right.

And the hay being enjoyed directly from the box - they first dig and eat the plantains and chamomiles: