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- 05/07/2012 at 3:24 PM
  Stickerbunny
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  While the site was down we ran out of our 50lb orchard hay box from oxbow and I have been having issues with oxbow hay lately (small grassy bits no strands, dry, gross) so was a little wary of spending another $75 on a box – so we went to the local hay place and got horse quality hay but the local hay is BROME hay. I googled it and read like 50 different sites about it, none could agree on the nutritional value, but HRS lists it as OK to feed.
  
  Do you think brome hay is a good alternative to timothy / orchard as a main hay? Right now I am feeding a mix of oat/orchard/brome but running low on the oat/orchard and would like to switch to brome as main and oat/orchard as just the treat hay if possible. The buns like it, which is good (Stickers is SO picky about hay). Just want to make sure it’s going to give them all the nutrients they need from hay.
- 05/07/2012 at 4:27 PM
  Sarita
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  Absolutely as long as bunnies will eat them. It is a grass hay and that is what it needs to be. It certainly does not need to be timothy or orchard – I think becuase those seem to be more readily available is the reason that we purchase them and nothing more really.
- 05/07/2012 at 5:38 PM
  Stickerbunny
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  Ok, thank you Sarita. They eat the brome and it’s much cheaper than oxbow boyfriends co-worker has horses so he gave us a bale for free
- 05/07/2012 at 6:05 PM
  LBJ10
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  I don’t see anything wrong with it. I’ve heard of people using brome and their buns do just fine.
- 05/07/2012 at 6:28 PM
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  The thing with hay is that though it does have nutrients, (the greener it is), it has very little anyway. Hay is given for its fiber more than anything, so Brome is fine.
  
  Helloworld!!
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