Just my personal opinion here for what it's worth, but the two main reasons I avoid large round bales are number one, they can be more prone to moldiness and secondly, people have lost sheep, goats and minis to suffocation by the animals eating out the centers and having the outer portion collapse on them. Once in a while we will end up with what I call a baby bale. My husband feeds cattle as well so he does use the large bales.When the baler kicks out the last bale it is sometimes really little and he doesn't want to mess with feeding it so I will set it on end and "peel" it. It can be a major pain though, but it is one way to be sure you don't feed mold.