Good Hay Happier Days
Hand-sorted 10 lb boxes from our own fields in Raglan, north Oshawa. Packed on our family farm, delivered across Durham, and shipped to Ontario and Quebec.
$32 a boxFree Durham delivery all NovemberFree Durham delivery on 2+Farm pickup by arrangementShipping from $10 in ON & QCFirst box guaranteedPaper bedding from $6
On our own 40 acres in Raglan, north Oshawa.
Each flake shaken over a screen and picked over by hand for weeds, sticks and twine.
Weighed and boxed on the farm, then marked with the cut and the pack date.
The hay
Every box is 10 lb (4.54 kg) of long-strand hay, never chopped. $32 each, or three for $90.
Why “Meadow Timothy”? Our grass fields grow timothy mixed with other meadow grasses, and adult rabbits do best on timothy plus other grass hays (Rabbit.org). Each box’s label colour matches its card here.
For cages and litter boxes
Litière de papier
Paper shavings, bagged on our farm in 40 L bags, or sold as a whole 2.8 cu ft pressed bale.
$640 L BAG
$15WHOLE BALE · 2.8 CU FT
Comes with your hay on our Durham runs, or pick it up at the farm. We don’t ship bedding.
Which hay?
Answer three quick questions. Grass hay should never run out, at any age.
Our suggestion
A medium rabbit gets through about 10 lb of hay a month, so plan on roughly a box per rabbit.
Rule of thumb: about 10 lb a month for an average rabbit (Small Pet Select), about 4 lb for a guinea pig and about 3 lb for a chinchilla, our estimates from body size. Every animal differs, so round up.
Delivery, shipping and pickup
We drive our own boxes around Durham, and you can arrange a pickup at the farm. Everywhere else in Ontario and Quebec gets a tracked parcel. Check your postal code to see which you’ll get.
First deliveriesTuesday, November 3 and Friday, November 6
Launch offerFree on every November order
$5 one box · free on 2+
$10 one box · free on 2+
Order by 8 pm the night before, and we’ll text you when to expect us. Paper bedding can come along with any hay order. Rural Durham? Text us; we often run further.
$10 a box to Toronto
$15 a box elsewhere in Ontario & Quebec
Free by arrangement
Hay and bedding, picked up at our farm in Raglan. Order ahead, and we’ll text you to set a time and send the address.
Not shipped
Hay is bulky, and shipping a box that far costs nearly as much as the hay inside, so we ship only within Ontario and Quebec.
Never run out
Subscribe to 1, 2 or 3 boxes. Free delivery anywhere in Durham; shipped subscriptions add $10 a box to Toronto or $15 elsewhere in Ontario and Quebec. Add paper bedding to each Durham delivery if you like. Skip, change or cancel with a text.
Rescues, pet shops and vets
We’ll drop off a free sample box and go over prices with you then.
Rescue pricing
For groups that take in rabbits, guinea pigs, chinchillas and other small animals. Mix any hays, delivered on our Durham runs.
Trade pricing in cases of 6
Shelf-ready boxes with a bilingual label.
Ask for a sample box. Copy this, fill in the blanks and text it to us at
Hi Raglan Ridge Hay Co., I'm with [organization] in [town]. We'd like a free sample box of [1st cut / 2nd cut / Alfalfa & Grass Blend]. Best number: [phone].
How a box is made
Our hay is cut at the right stage and baled dry in small squares.
Only the greenest, cleanest bales go in the pet pile, stored under cover.
Each flake is shaken over a screen and picked over for weeds, sticks and twine.
Flakes stand on edge in the box to 4.6 kg, a little over the 4.54 kg on the sticker, which also shows the cut and the pack date.
Out on the next Durham run, ready for pickup at the farm, or shipped on a weekday with tracking.
Questions
Yes, within Ontario and Quebec: $10 a box to Toronto and $15 a box everywhere else. Boxes are packed on our farm and shipped on weekdays from Oshawa with tracking, and most arrive 2–3 business days after they ship. Durham addresses get our own delivery instead. We ship hay only; bedding comes by Durham delivery or farm pickup.
We don’t ship outside Ontario and Quebec. Hay is bulky, and shipping a box that far costs nearly as much as the hay inside.
Yes, by arrangement. Order ahead and pay by e-Transfer, and we’ll text you to set a pickup time at our farm in Raglan and send the address. Pickup is always free.
For now, shipped orders and farm pickups are paid by e-Transfer ahead of time. Durham deliveries can pay on the day by e-Transfer or cash. Send e-Transfers to orders@raglanridgehayco.ca (it will show as A.P. Maintenance & Backhoe Inc.) with your order number in the message. Card payments at checkout are coming.
Prices are in Canadian dollars. Where tax applies, it’s added in your order summary.
Yes: paper shavings for cages and litter boxes. A 40 L bag, bagged on our farm, is $6, and a whole 2.8 cu ft pressed bale is $15.
Bedding comes with a hay order on our Durham runs, or you can pick it up at the farm. We don’t ship it, and it doesn’t count toward free delivery on 2 or more boxes.
First cut is the spring growth: taller, stemmier and higher in fibre, with seed heads. Second cut regrows over the summer and comes off softer, leafier and greener.
Many owners feed 1st cut every day and mix in 2nd cut for variety or for picky eaters.
Not as their everyday hay. Rabbit.org recommends alfalfa only for babies, nursing mothers and elderly or injured rabbits, and Guinea Lynx calls it a treat for the average adult guinea pig. Chinchillas do best on grass hay too. Ask your vet if you’re unsure.
As much as they want: hay should make up about 85% of an adult rabbit’s diet (Rabbit.org). A medium rabbit gets through roughly 10 lb a month, so a box a month per rabbit is a good starting point.
Plain kraft boxes keep the price down and recycle easily. One colour-coded sticker tells you which hay is inside, which cut it is and the day we packed it: green for 1st cut, olive for 2nd cut, plum for the alfalfa blend. Bedding bags carry a slate-blue sticker.
Keep the box closed in a cool, dry spot, off concrete and out of the sun. Don’t seal hay in plastic; it needs to breathe.
Tell us. If your animals won’t touch your first box, we’ll swap it for another cut or refund it.
A picky eater often takes to new hay if you mix it with the old for a week.
Every flake is shaken over a screen and hand-sorted before it’s boxed. Hay comes straight from the field, so a little dust is normal; if a box isn’t right, let us know and we’ll make it right.
We use your name, number and address only to fill and deliver your order and to text you about it. We don’t sell or share them, and we’ll delete them if you ask.
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