I reckon all of the sheep I currently own are low maintenance..... maybe because the high maintenance ones were killed off
Basically the owner chooses whether the sheep are high or low maintenance, either every time you see a foot problem bring all the sheep in, separate the animal off, cut/spray/inject, set free and repeat or cull her out of the flock
Or the same, bring your sheep indoors to lamb, spend every day filling up water buckets, feeding hay, bedding up, shoveling in cake and then pull out the lambs after the ewe gives 5 pushes, then creep lambs every day etc etc or just lambs outside, watch with binoculars, don the running boots and tag at 1 day old before you cant catch them and sit back and watch them grow on just grass.... I think I can tell which is less hassle
I think breeds with wooly legs, bellies and faces are higher maintenance than cleaner sheep, I dont like them and they get dirtier in the winter, more prone to strike, get wool over eyes which can be a welfare issue with wool-blindness, and take me much longer to shear!!!
So I think breed does not matter so much, its how you keep/breed/select/cull them which produces either hassle filled or hassle free sheep
Goodluck!
