[Brewster]

HI all, I might be overthinking this but here goes. Im taking a hogget wether and an intact 8 month ram lamb for slaughter next week. They've been isolated from any ewes up until now. I also have a ewe which I would like to cull. My concern is this: will putting a ram in a trailer with a ewe raise his testosterone levels thus affecting the quality of his meat? Also will this cause the ewe stress? Thanks

[Bywaters]

how long is the journey ?
The stress of travelling and arrival at the abatoir might well offset the testostorone

In short, I don't know, but there are a lot of factors; journey time, precocious of lamb, is the ewe in season, how long after arrival will they get seen to and will they be in the same pen ?

I can't see it being an issue, to be honest

What's happening to the meat ? If to a high end restaurant, it would be different to in your freezer ?

[Womble]

What's your trailer like? I was once in this situation and made a removeable partition to divide it into two sections. Worked a treat.