Thanks for all the info. Its very helpful. At the moment the whole plan doesn't look like it would work, but there's nothing wrong with dreaming, ey? Shame really, we're going to have to sell the house and downsize in a few years and the land is connected to the house property.
Those shetlands look lovely and would be a great choice for us but we would probably have to get them dehorned. Another farmer I know has had too many injuries with horned cattle. Was looking at dexters but they seem too small?