Hay box deliveries

Piggies&buns said:
I stopped buying the timothy for that exact reason, they were eating more meadow. They are bedded on it anyway so I just throw handfuls of it throughout the day. I did buy a 2.5kg box of timothy in my last order just to try them on it again, but it’s a waste of time as they are picking at it again. I find half eaten stems all over the place now!
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He's the worst, one other eats everything and the other two do eat most. But because I buy it purely for feeding it's not as bad as only need 5kg for 3-4wks.
I've ordered 5kg of meadow hay and pellets. If it arrives within a week you guys will banish me 😂
 
I feel like we got a bit unlucky with our meadow hay from HayBox the last 2 times. Wasn’t green at all, very brown and didn’t look very appealing to the human eye. Piggies do eat it but by far not as much. The last timothy we got was great though - lots of grass blades and not stalky at all! My subscription order has been confirmed today so we’ll see how long it takes for it to arrive.
 
How odd that some of our piggies have gone off timothy - mine have too (although it was Small Pet Select) which I thought looked lovely! Very green and not too stalky (2nd cut) although 3rd cut could be dusty.
 
No sign of mine. Subscription order placed and paid for on 12th - still awaiting dispatch.
 
I had an email last Friday saying my order was ready and they’d let me know when it shipped.
From what others have said it could be a while.

On the bright side, as part of my standby supply order from Hay & Straw I ordered tester bags of their Timothy, Meadow and Ings hay. Went down a treat with mine, especially Micah who decided to make himself a nest in it.
 
It’s stalkier and browner than normally I get. Mine don’t really like Timothy hay, preferring the softer meadow hay.
I ordered 2.5 kg of the Timothy & rye mix which I don’t think is as nice as the meadow hay, however Micah tucked in (he’ll eat anything!) and if they’re hungry they will eat it.
Just hope my HayBox subscription arrives soon and they get back to normal soon.
 
Got mine at last, it's catching itself up so I'll have to miss out a delivery to let it get straightened out - but of course the little dears have decided not to be impressed! It must be the texture they don't like rather than the barn dried/quick dried aspect as they still like their readigrass.

It's been an 'interesting' year trying to sort their hay and I've been concerned since all this started about the amount of dry forage I'm having to give them currently. I will say that they are helping by drinking an incredible amount - I've never seen them drink so much. Reminds me of how much more a horse drinks when indoors on hay as opposed to out at grass.

If they continue to turn this last batch into an expensive carpet, I will not be impressed with them!
 
I sent a contact email this morning to HayBox to ask about my delivery and then a couple of hours later I received notification from DPD that they are delivering my hay tomorrow. However, in the meantime I have ordered some Ings hay from Hay and Straw and that is also coming tomorrow. So my garage is going to be filled with lovely hay for a few weeks!
 
Merab's Slave said:
Not as nice as the HayBox meadow hay. The Ings seems to be the best of them.
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My last (current) batch of HayBox Meadow hay has been a disappointment as it is full of thistles. I’ve lost track of the number of mini thistle spikes I have had to remove from my fingers! However, all the other batches have always been lush, so I guess this was a one-off.
 
I had to Google what this Ings is! Would like to see where that grows. Sounds sophisticated.
 
VickiA said:
My last (current) batch of HayBox Meadow hay has been a disappointment as it is full of thistles. I’ve lost track of the number of mini thistle spikes I have had to remove from my fingers! However, all the other batches have always been lush, so I guess this was a one-off.
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My last batch wasn't as good as normal. It was slightly thicker stemmed, browner and sort of tangled together. Back to normal in my most recent batch, nice green stems
 
Piggies&buns said:
My last batch wasn't as good as normal. It was slightly thicker stemmed, browner and sort of tangled together. Back to normal in my most recent batch, nice green stems
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Ours was the same not overly green and in big clumps, they have ate it but I do think there was more waste. Gone for a 50/50 with the new Timothy blend to see how they like that!
 
I ordered the meadow. I may order ings next time. Depends how well (or not) this one goes down. Delivery tomorrow, I didn’t expect it so quickly!
 
VickiA said:
No sign of mine. Subscription order placed and paid for on 12th - still awaiting dispatch.
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Mine was confirmed on the same day - I emailed them and it’s being delivered tomorrow.
 
Rivervixen said:
So far they’ve taken two payments and no sign of hay yet... fingers crossed
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Have you tried to email them?

The meadow from hay and straw arrives. Not particularly green or fresh smelling like haybox, but the pigs like it.
 
I have had 2 deliveries today.
The Ings hay didn’t look very green but smells sweet and has lovely long strands. The piggies are going wild for it.
I haven’t opened my HayBox hay yet
 
Siikibam said:
Have you tried to email them?

The meadow from hay and straw arrives. Not particularly green or fresh smelling like haybox, but the pigs like it.
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I will do, paused the subscription for now until I’ve actually received something, might sound horrible but having to pay for even more hay because they’re not delivering yet :(
 
VickiA said:
I have had 2 deliveries today.
The Ings hay didn’t look very green but smells sweet and has lovely long strands. The piggies are going wild for it.
I haven’t opened my HayBox hay yet
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Glad it’s finally arrived. I may try the Ings next time....
 
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