Lamb tagine

[Icedlatteplease]

I do a lamb tagine in the slow cooker, basically lamb, chickpeas, harrissa dried apricot. I usually use chunks of lamb but supermarket doesn't have them In at the moment but has some reasonably priced whole shoulders. Can I stick this in the slow cooker whole or would I need to go to the effort of chopping it up first?

I've done this before, but I did cut the meat into chunks first. However, my biggest success was using the exact same recipe with chicken pieces. It was just as lovely and much cheaper.