How much are you paying for hay in the South?

[Eveadel]

We was paying £3.00 per bale, then recently had an increase to £3.50 and now been told is going up to £3.75 :eek:

Im based in Essex.

[chestnut mare]

I pay £3.90 and everybody else I have have contacted is that or more or really bad quality, I am in west sussex

[Eveadel]

OMG and apparently its going up as hay will be short this winter :confused:

[xRobyn]

£3.50 in essex :(

[Eveadel]

£3.50 in essex :(

Where do you get yours from?

[acw295]

£2-£2.50 in Bucks, but it is grown on site :D

[lovejakeyx]

BLIMEY!!! I pay £4.25 per bale!!! And I have to go and get it myself!! :D

[Lucy_Angel]

I paid £2.75 a bale for mine and had them delivered. I have been offered more for £2 a bale.

[Eveadel]

BLIMEY!!! I pay £4.25 per bale!!! And I have to go and get it myself!! :D


:eek::eek::eek:

[Eveadel]

I paid £2.75 a bale for mine and had them delivered. I have been offered more for £2 a bale.


Bedfordshire is looking a good placed to keep my horseys!!!!

[xRobyn]

Where do you get yours from?

That was from brick house farm on canvey. I don't buy hay regularly and it may cost more this winter (I was using it while he was in a starvation paddock) but they have had two harvests of the same amount as previous years.

[Bays_R_Best]

I'm in Essex. I pay £3 a bale delivered.
My Lovely helpful YM gets it for me:)

[Micawber]

£3.00 off the yard.

[devonlass]

Between £3.50-£4 a bale for small bale hay.The £4 stuff was exceptionally good though:)
Has been very expensive down here in Devon for last couple of years,although bizarrely I can get huge round bale hay for around a tenner!!

Hopefully I will be doing that this winter as price of small bale is rediculous,and have heard it is only going to get worse this winter due to bad harvests:(

[LittleChel]

£4.50 :eek: But it's not at all dusty (although quite spiky) and it's delivered. I'm in Essex too.

[Eveadel]

I'm in Essex. I pay £3 a bale delivered.
My Lovely helpful YM gets it for me:)


You lucky thing, I dont suppose you know who the supplier is????

[boe]

£2 here and it's lovely hay :D

[leno289]

my supplier starts at £1.50 for last years - £2.50 bale for fair good quality hay but has some thistles - next is £3.00 for good quality meadow hay - no thistles, no dust absolutely lovely smellin - then £3.50 for her top of the range absolutlet fantastic stuff - charge £5.00 delivery -app she used to deliver to you guys in esssex but has dropped the essex group this year to ensure that we up here have sufficient hay. She assured me that there is no shortage and that all the hay is good quality - going to get some in next few weeks - so see need to rush and store since we have now been guaranteed it all winter

[claireandnadia]

£4.00 for beautiful non dusty hay and £35 for a huuuge bale of nice but a bit dusty hay.

[ThirdTimeLucky]

£3 a bale, delivered and its lovely :)

[SmallHunter]

£20 a big bale but for the past 2 months we've been getting it free as it was the last lot of last years stuff.

[Eveadel]

my supplier starts at £1.50 for last years - £2.50 bale for fair good quality hay but has some thistles - next is £3.00 for good quality meadow hay - no thistles, no dust absolutely lovely smellin - then £3.50 for her top of the range absolutlet fantastic stuff - charge £5.00 delivery -app she used to deliver to you guys in esssex but has dropped the essex group this year to ensure that we up here have sufficient hay. She assured me that there is no shortage and that all the hay is good quality - going to get some in next few weeks - so see need to rush and store since we have now been guaranteed it all winter

Ah thats not fair, if she does decide to deliver back in Essex would you pm me please?

[Coco91]

£3.00 from the yard, grown on the farm :)

[Carrie+Morgan]

We pay £2.00 for hay and £1.00 for straw but we are on a farm and buy from the farmer.

[Giveitago]

It's good hay and fairly cheap from thorogoods.co.uk and they deliver!!

ATM we are paying 2.70 and 2.50 a bale but I'm not telling you where we get it from;)

[tarry_83]

£4.60:mad: but its quite niec quality:)

[lottie.dot]

Used to pay £3 a small bale, but now I get it included with livery (as much as you want) oh and it's haylage now actually.


£4 plus, seems so steep. I would have a higher hay bill than my livery bill...:eek::eek::eek:

[lovejakeyx]

OMG!!! :eek: :eek: Why am I paying so much at £4.25, how are you all getting it so cheap.. even if I could save 50p-£1 a bale that would help immensley when the winter finally sets in!!
Anyone know where I can get it cheaper from South East London / Kent borders....???
Can travel to pick up as OH has an open back truck... :D

[Soot]

Averages out at about £3 delivered ...

[lovejakeyx]

Averages out at about £3 delivered ...

Where abouts in East Sussex are you?

[joey_olop]

At our yard YO is paying £20 for one of those great big round bale's :)

[wibble]

i pay £3 delivered nice bales this year. Unfortunately my yo has been dealing with the farmer for over 20 years for her hay and I don't think he is taking on new customers. Theres a farmer up the road from me who sometimes advertises hay, I could get his number but not sure where in essex you are it might be too far.

[fairlady]

I have been paying £2.50 a bale for last years hay as have been giving it
to my two throughout as both on restricted grazing.

However for the Winter it will come from my friends Hubby, a Farmer, fabulous
hay at £2.00 per bale.

I am paying £2.50 for STRAW:eek:

[myfunkyhorse]

We're paying £4.50 for hay and £3.00 for straw :(

[Soot]

Where abouts in East Sussex are you?

Brighton

... Our hay man treats us well though - we buy around 100 bales/month in winter (+ round bales + straw) and always pay full cash on the day ;)!

[Eveadel]

I made quite a few phone calls yesterday and prices ranged from £3.50-£4.25 including delivery.

[classic_astra]

in in kent and pay £30 delivered for a massive square bale which is equivalent to about 15 small bales. i had 8 ponies last year and went through 2 bales a month, and still had grass. this year i have 5 horses from 11.3-15.2 and have 5 extra acres so im hoping to use about the same amount.