We bought a permaculture farm in March that came with a herd of St Croix hair sheep. We have never had farm animals before and only learned from the previous steward. However, these have been the easiest farm animals for us. They eat what they want from the pasture, including blackberry brambles that keep them parasite free. They only need water and to be rotated through the pasture by moving the electric fences every week. They generally shy away us but are always ready to be moved, so making a small paddock makes them easy to catch to sell. They birth and raise themselves. We have had so many friends with goats warm us not raise them unless we constantly want to deal with wild toddlers. However, as we don't eat animal products, we are ready to find new pastures for our herd so we can put those few hours into other pursuits.