[OhLaLa]

Two questions please:

1) Am about to introduce new (poss in-lamb) ewe (current ewes born 2010).
Large field, is there anything I should/shouldn't do?

2) What age max for mutton?

Thanks folks.

[bigchicken]

Mutton should be from a sheep no younger then 2 years old. The best mutton in my oppion comes from a 5 year old. I have never eaten any older than this as I usually cant wait any longer    As for your new sheep just keep an eye out for any over zealousness in the meetings and greetings. Some folks pen a new sheep up in the same field for a few days so that they get used to each other. I'm sure other folks will have there own ideas.

[kanisha]

I take a ewe out and quarantine the new with one from the existing flock. this gives the new one a buddy on entering the main flock and they seem to get less stick if they have another sheep to hang out with even if they intially get shunned from the main flock.