Raking Hay

This is Christina raking hay.  This is done after the top of the alfalfa row is dried and is really helpful for drying the bottom of the wind row when the wind rows are really big.  This is raking two rows into one which also makes baling faster since there are less rows to get around.  Notice the hay is very green which is easier for us to achieve than other farms because our location.  Where we live its a very dry climate which helps the hay to dry out fast leaving it in the sun for less time so less bleaching takes place.

Busy Rabbits = Happy Rabbits

Well hay is of course meant to be eaten and enjoyed by your rabbit or chinchilla, or other herbivores you feed hay to. It can sometimes just keep them busy which keeps them happy.  Animals like to be occupied just like us they get bored and hay is a great no-boredom remedy.

They can chew on the stems, pick of the green leaves in the alfalfa, find the seeds in the oat hay, and whatever else all day long.  They can just enjoy themselves while being healthy and active all day long.  When they eat it all you can feel free to give them more it is good for them.

So its Sunday night and we just finished a batch of brownies from scratch and thought how we were thinking of trying to come up with a brownie for rabbits. It would be alfalfa instead of chocolate as the main flavor and it would be packed with nutrition and great flavor, what more could a rabbit want??

The picture above is of our barn last year between cuttings, but in present time it is packed to the brim with green hay that we want to keep that way hence the barn. 

So maybe this winter we will work on our own version of brownies that are meant for your small pet, how delicious would that be?  Let us know if you like the idea!!
Have a great week.

One of our two new rabbits.....name??

This is one of the rabbits we adopted at the ARBA convention, we are still thinking of names so if anyone has any good ideas let us know, post a comment.  This is a Lionhead rabbit if you were wondering, and he is a male or buck.

Well it is winter up where we live the rain has come and nights are getting down to around freezing.  Lucky for all our customers we have a huge barn that houses all the hay we did not sell during the summer.  We have timothy, alfalfa, oats, a wild grass/alfalfa mix, and a timothy/alfalfa mix.  We sell online to small pet owners and also to daries, ranchers and horse or large animal owners in the area.

If anyone is looking for hay just follow the link to the website and contact us!

Have a great Friday night everyone!