Hay Shed Blended Boxes

I was wondering whether anyone had got a recent batch of green wheat hay or green wheat hay blend with Timothy that their rabbits aren’t keen on eating? It’s the first time this has happened to me, and I’m not clear what’s happening.
My bunnies only have Timothy. I've never bought one of their blended boxes. However the last order, which arrived a couple of weeks ago and which again was supposed to be Timothy, clearly had different hay mixed in with it. It might have been that none of it was Timothy. I picked out 6 different seed heads, none of which were Timothy! Neither bunny would eat very much of it. I looked on the website and noticed that their Meadow hay is a mixture of different species, so I emailed them, told them what had happened and asked for a replacement box of Timothy. They did quickly send me a replacement box, but they said they thought that maybe 'some Meadow hay had got mixed in by mistake'.

I'm not sure how this is happening, but clearly there's a problem within their operation.
 
I forgot to update. DPD only delivered my Timothy but excellent customer service from Hayshed in sending the other boxes.
So Chinook & Eddy seem to be in agreement - the Rye, Oat & Wheat remains delicious but the timothy gets no stars ...they won't eat it at all. It doesn't look much like Timothy so maybe its meadow which would explain their distain ...never had a bunny mad for meadow hay
 
Well my update is that the rabbits are now eating the Timothy hay which was the replacement box. It is the most beautiful Timothy hay that the rabbits and I have ever seen :love: The stems are very, very long (would love to have seen it growing in the field and waving with the wind) and extremely stalky with some quite thick stems. There's a world of difference between this and the previous box, which must in my opinion have been Meadow hay. Actually, does any bunny like Meadow hay?:ROFLMAO:

I'm attaching the following link because it's a nice compilation of what is important for hay and rabbits.

 
Ahem! I have to say my Prince does! Well, of course he does! Theres no hay on this Earth that Prince doesn't love to eat! He's just a hay fanatic. Mind you, he's willing to give most plants a go so he's not really much of a conisseur of anything. Charlie, on the other hand, is a lot more particular. Oat hay seems to be the one he prefers. Though he accidentally eats a bit of meadow or Timothy now and then.

He likes couch grass if it's fresh.
 
Hi J and B how did the oat hay go down? So my two got stasis, but the wheat hay from that batch didn’t go down too well. The latest batch is great though- like yours Omi!

Decided to buy Hay Day Rye Hay in a panic, and the quality was very poor. They provided a replacement which was as bad x
 
I have never heard of Hay Day Hay!

We've had further Hay Shed deliveries of Timothy, which have been really good. Am just getting to the stage when I'll need to order another box and think for now I will stick with the same.

I have to say I can sympathise with hay growers and suppliers. Immediately opposite our house are fields of mixed grass, cut for hay. I had a bad experience with some of his hay years ago so haven't bought from him since. Anyway, with the weather this spring the hay has never looked tall and lush. About a week ago I kept thinking he must cut it soon surely. Well he did a few days ago and yesterday it was lying across the field when we had a tremendous downpour and thunderstorm. When it stopped raining yesterday evening, he baled it up and stacked it in piles across the field. Not ideal :(
 
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