Consistent quality. Minimum wastage. Non GM. Easy storage - keep cool & dry. Recyclable.
Volume – Approx. 15 lt. for all products.
Oaten Hay
Baby Bales™ – Perfect for PETS: rabbits, guinea pigs, poultry, aviaries and other small animals. This oaten hay is grown to export standards.
Oaten Hay A highly palatable, digestible and biodegradable fibre source for all herbivores and foragers:
- Refresh cage floors, kennels, hutches, pens and nesting boxes.
- Warm, cosy, clean and fresh bedding for your family pets.
- No waste – Mulch used straw into your garden for happy plants.
Nutritional - Oaten Hay is a cereal hay with a reputation as a ‘sweet hay’. It consists of the stalks, leaves and immature seeds of the Oat plant. It is safe to use with small animals and birds as a balanced package of energy, protein (5- 14%), fibre and water soluble carbohydrates.
Quality will vary according to seasonal and growing conditions.
Lucern Hay
Baby Bales™ – Perfect for PETS: rabbits, guinea pigs, poultry and aviaries. This highly palatable, digestible hay is a rich, nutritious source of roughage for herbivores and foragers. Use also to refresh cage floors, kennels, hutches, pens and nesting boxes for warm, cosy, clean bedding for your pet. Lucern hay will enrich the yellow colour of eggs. Recycle used straw into your garden.
Perfect for GARDENS: Your gardens, pots and veggie patch will love this Lucern hay. It is a readily biodegradable fibre which mulches down to add organic matter to the earth, improving soil structure and drainage and encouraging microbial and earthworm activity. No waste – layer over your soil to restrict dehydration and keep the soil cool, or mulch into the earth for healthy soil and happy plants. Lucern Hay.
Nutritional value: Lucern Hay. Rich in minerals, Lucern Hay has a higher nutritional value than cereal straws. An excellent source of food fibre, it consists of the entire Lucern plant, cut and baled. It is a good source of protein (13 - 20%), vitamins A, K and E, riboflavin, pantothenic and nicotinic acid, all of which are important for growth. Quality will vary according to seasonal and growing conditions.
Pea Straw
Baby Bales – Perfect for PETS: rabbits, guinea pigs, poultry and aviaries. Refresh cage floors, kennels, hutches, pens and nesting boxes with this warm, cosy fresh bedding for your pet. Pea straw / hay is an important fibre source; it is a biodegradable, nutritious and eco-friendly product which may be recycled into your garden.
Perfect for GARDENS: balcony plants, pots and the veggie patch. Mulch the straw into your garden, or layer over the top to restrict evaporation, enhance moisture retention to improve soil structure and drainage while encouraging earthworm and microbial soil activity. No waste - pea hay works to enrich the soil for happy plants.
Nutritional value: Rich in minerals, pea straw / hay has a higher nutritional value than cereal straws. It consists of the entire pea plant cut and baled and contains traces of protein (~ 10%), calcium, potassium, magnesium, manganese, zinc and copper. Quality will vary according to seasonal and growing conditions.
Wheat Straw
Baby Bales™ – Perfect for PETS: rabbits, guinea pigs, poultry and aviaries. It is a clean, fresh option to use to refresh cage floors, kennels, hutches, pens and nesting boxes for warm, cosy, bedding for your pet.
Perfect for GARDENS: Mulch wheat straw into your garden to add fibrous, organic matter to the soil, improving soil structure and drainage and encouraging microbial and earthworm activity. No waste – layer over your soil to restrict dehydration, keep the soil cool or mulch into the earth for healthy soil and happy plants.
Wheat Straw. Nutritional value: 1-3% protein. Wheat straw consists of the stalks and leaves of the mature wheat plant. Nutritional values will vary according to seasonal and growing conditions.
Barley Straw
Baby Bales™ - Barley Straw. Perfect for adding to garden beds, pot plants, the veggie patch – or small garden ponds. In the garden, Barley Straw will act to restrict evaporation, enhance soil quality, keep the soil cool and encourage moisture retention.
Barley Straw is especially useful to control algal growth in small garden ponds. Allow approximately two weeks for the straw to begin to break down. Barley straw releases natural organic compounds that discourage algal growth, but do not harm aquatic plants or animals (fish). The straw acts best when exposed to warm sunlight and oxygen. Replace if it begins to smell and recycle into your garden to improve soil quality and encourage earthworm and microbial activity for happy plants.
Nutritional Value: Barley Straw consists of the dried leaves and stalks of the barley plant.
Barley straw contains traces of minerals typical of cereal straws, including iron, protein (1 -5%), calcium, potassium, magnesium, manganese, zinc and copper. Quality will vary according to seasonal and growing conditions.
Cheeky Chaff
[Will contain seeds]
CHEEKY CHAFF – ideal for small PETS. Animals and birds love to fossick and explore. Cheeky Chaff is ideal for just that. It contains different flavours and aromas, different textures and fibres. Treat your family pet to a gourmet experience of their own! Mulch used straw into your garden.
CHEEKY CHAFF – ideal for small GARDENS, balcony pots and the veggie patch. Cheeky Chaff is a readily biodegradable fibre mix which breaks down to add organic matter to the soil. It enhances soil quality, structure and drainage, and encourages earthworm and soil microbial activity. There is no waste with Cheeky Chaff – layer over your soil to enhance soil-moisture retention and restrict dehydration, or mulch the Chaff into the soil for happy plants and fat garden worms.
Nutritional Information:
Cheeky Chaff Contains a varied mix of mulching straws: Lucern, Oaten, Wheaten, Barley and Pea straws. Protein levels vary with the individual fibres from 1% - 20%. Straw fibres contain traces of calcium, potassium, magnesium, manganese, zinc and copper. Nutritional values vary according to growing conditions, seasonal variations and harvesting processes.