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Each year there are a number of sheep that must be removed from our flock to make room for higher percentage Ouessant lambs. These are usually older, lower percentage ewes or ram lambs that cannot contribute to our goal of having a flock of Ouessant sheep. While we prefer to sell these sheep as live animals that isn’t always possible so we offer them for sale as mutton and lamb meat.

Here is how it works:

Mutton vs. Lamb

In the US, lamb is the meat from a sheep that is up to one year old. After that, it is called mutton. The transition, of course, is gradual. Lamb does not become mutton overnight as the sheep reaches its first birthday. As a sheep becomes older it develops more flavor. Not everyone enjoys this flavor and prefer the milder taste of lamb. Others would rather have meat from an older animal. The sheep we are selling as mutton are between 2.5 and 4.5 years of age (born in the spring of 2011, 2012, and 2013). The lamb we will be selling at the end of the year will be from ram lambs that are 8 to 9 months old.

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