Oh poor Tamsjute its a great thread of responses but whether it helps you prioritise I am not so sure. I got my first 5 sheep last year and found the first things I used were a few hurdles, feed trough, wheeled hay feeder, buckets, syringe for worming, foot shears that I also use for dagging. For lambing, Tim Tyne's book and a ' lambing kit'. Probably over the top on the lambing stuff but I was paranoid about not being prepared. And a scary book on Lambing Techniques on the basis the more you scare yourself the less likely it is to happen.