how to save hay from wastage without restricting intake?

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I'm feeding large round bales of hay in a sheep feeder but it is a VERY windy location and so much hay is blowing away. I know the whole bale nets would stop it blowing away but they all seem to have tiny holes and I don't want to restrict their intake at all. Any other ideas I have missed?

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The hay hutch would blow away (I can barely stand sometimes and a lady smaller than me was blown over - there will be several occasions over winter with gusts up to 100mph!!) and u can't put big bales in them.
 
You could feed it in a shipping container with both doors set open (a feed tube if you will) Alternatively use your shipping container as a windbreak/ hay store.
You can get them cheap as chips and they're not a permanent structure. Such handy things to have around, if unsightly.
 
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