cheers Caroline, thanks I will be busy, and I will be even busier if I am allowed another 3 acres next to us rented for next to nothing, I will find out next week if they will allow me to lease it, .....watch this space..... also i am totally mad because Ive decided to keep the pedigree southdown ram lamb in the garden (which I collect on the 9th oct) put aside for the following year( as someone mentioned might be too small at present) and purchase a 3 year old pedigree Romney for the suffolks which is much larger and will clear up the suffocks which are not in lamb by the Norfolk Horn ram........long story.....
As for the weighting scales Anke good idea but can see my self cracking up with laughter and falling on the floor with my legs in the air in spasms of laughter trying to perform that....giggling...but as its my first batch trying to find out whats a good weight...how long is a piece of string !!! as diffrent breeds different sizes ect...and also natural weight with grass only not pushed on with any additional feed, understand now the live weight is double the dead weight....so maybe I should be aiming at 40-50kg live weight for 7 - 8 months old? we will see next week.