JRF Shearing and Sheep Co.

12/19/2024

I know I’ve been M.I.A. for fall shearing but I promise you, I’ve been working hard on something else. I’d like to introduce the newest member to the JRF Shearing crew, Barrett. Barrett has been brewing since March and has been there throughout spring shearing. He just got in the way a little bit with the fall season making it difficult to bend over or breathe 😮‍💨 spring shearing will continue as usual, but I may just have this little helper with me to show him the ropes. I’ll be responding to emails and messages soon! We’ve just taken a little hiatus while we figure things out and recover 😌

06/18/2024

Still have to do a May photo dump as social media has been on the back burner but I wanted to introduce our new ram, Earnest! One of my shearing clients, now friend and sheep partner, had asked about getting a ram. I suggested Hilltop Acres Farm in NY. From there, we decided to get a ram together and expand our sheep breeding businesses together. Get ready for some beautiful registered Texels available from both of us! Our ram lambs will create some beautiful meat boxes and cloth tanned pelts available for sale next year.

05/22/2024

Don’t know what to do with your wool? Use it for your garden! I just planted some jalapeño plants and used some of last year’s texel wool around it to stifle any weeds that might pop up after I hand tilled the area. This will keep it more maintenance free especially with someone like me that is too busy taking care of my 4 legged critters.
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Also, I’m not a green thumb so don’t come at me for my crappy garden area, it’s a work in progress 😂 eventually, I’ll have more plants back here but I’m going to start with things I like, like jalapeños.

05/10/2024

Posting for a client! Free to good home only! Must be a pet home that will love these babies the way they have been! Mother, daughter, wethered son. Purebred icelandics and extremely friendly. Freshly shorn but grow a beautiful fleece. Great pasture ornaments to marvel at 😍 and good with small children. Located in Montgomery County, PA. Please message me if you’re interested and I can pass off the contact info 😌 only reason for rehoming is due to a move.

05/01/2024

Check out photos from the public shearing demo! By far the biggest crowd(s) I’ve shorn in front of but even then, it’s just another day of shearing 😌

04/30/2024

Here it is! The google form for shirts! If you’re local and I already got you, I can easily drop them off to you 😌 I’m putting in the order by the end of the week! Pictures included in the google form so you know what the shirts look like. They’re super comfortable. I did handpick them! They’re $16/shirt. Thanks all!

Threadfast Apparel Shirts with new logos are $16

04/29/2024

A week of shearing summed up in pictures. Tuesday I had some sheep locally to get done when I had some spare time. Then had to switch some things around since I had to go to Kentucky for my day job at the end of the week. Saturday I brought a few of my own sheep to a really fun public demo up in Philly. It was great to get a few of my own sheep done and also break up the monotony of shearing with some demos and talking. Had a very good turn out for it! It was so fun listening to the crowd ohh and ahh at certain moments of shearing like when I break the wool at the neck. Wonderful little set up and I’m excited to be their shearer next year! Sunday I wrapped up my week with 25 sheep at , mostly Jacob’s with some beautiful rams that really had me thinking, which is always fun! Only one month left of my shearing season.
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On my to do list this week is return some calls and some emails. I know yall are waiting to be scheduled, I haven’t forgotten about you! Even if it takes me a few weeks to get back to you! Luckily, my amazing secretary .catalina.matos has been managing all the scheduling and has done a better job than anyone else ever could. This has been the most clients I’ve ever had in a single season, upwards of 70+ farms, and somehow, someway, she made it easier than it’s ever been. I really don’t know how she does it!
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Lastly, I know this is a lengthy post, but I’ll be putting out a google form for merch this week! I got my quote on shirts so if I already hit your farm and your local, I can drop it off to you no problem! I’ll put the pricing of shirts with the new logo in the caption for the google form. Excited to have my beautiful new logo out there on some very comfy shirts that I picked out.
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Happy shearing everyone! Cheers! 🍻

04/23/2024

If anyone is free Saturday and wants to come out for a public shearing demo! I’ll be bringing some of my sheep that usually have to wait till the very end of the season to be shorn 😌 they’re finally going to be done early this year!

04/22/2024

A beautiful day with beautiful sheep’s 😍

04/15/2024

21 farms crossed off the list this week! Couldn’t post 21 pictures but you get the point.
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Thank you to my clients for the flexibility with the rain on Friday and also my rough start on Monday with timing 😅 it has certainly been a week! I’m glad I could get this many done at once and whittle down my growing list. Looking forward to a sports massage this week to get my muscles in check before cracking on and getting it all done before June 😎
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Just a reminder (I know I still have people to call back and schedule, I’m getting there) I do close my books May 1st! If you have sheep that need shorn, don’t delay to reach out! Only 15 days until the books close and my schedule is finalized for the season.
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04/12/2024

A very delayed post from Easter weekend but things have been so busy, social media has been put on the back burner. I went up north to shear some babydolls, Leicester longwools and icelandics. With that trip, my awesome client gave me some of her own felted wool soap! How amazing is that?! It’s so cool to use a product from the sheep I shear! Highly recommend checking out her business! With Friday wrapped up, I was invited to bring one of my ewes and her babies to an Easter egg drop at a local church in my community and of course I couldn’t turn that down. I love supporting the community in any way that I can and it was quite an experience to hold lambs, a ewe and watch a helicopter fly over top dropping eggs. The kids loved the “farm animal experience” and got to learn a few things. (Facebook won’t let me add the video to this post, but trust me, it was cool).

Next post will be a hefty one as I’ve shorn at 18 farms this week by tomorrow with only a slight hiccup in my week due to rain today. I’ll finally be catching up on some messages today and tomorrow!

03/24/2024

Calling it a wrap for the weekend! Started off with WB Saul on Friday, headed to Jersey right after to get some more big sheep done. Took a break on Saturday for a speaking event I had in the morning. Picked right back up today with Valais at the first farm, mixed breeds at the second, and one of my favorite goats, Shorty, at the last farm. Time to eat some good food and get cleaned up for the week ahead 😌🐑✂️
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03/21/2024

Almost had the most perfect before and after pictures of Finley, Wilma and Opal but Wilma decided to check out the piles of wool right at picture time 😂 kicking off shearing season with the most perfect transformation breed, baby dolls. The only time baby dolls enjoy shearing is usually during their face…then they can actually see what’s happening and fight 😂
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03/03/2024

✨Coming soon✨ after however many long years of having a clip art logo and trying to wear through my shirts, I teamed up with and had him create me a beautiful new logo! I’m so excited about having a noticeable and stylish logo to wear and you better bet, I will be wearing every clothing item with my new logo on it 😍 I’ll be taking shirt orders soon before the shearing season kicks off so if any of my clients want a shirt, I can get them to you when I visit 😌
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02/29/2024

Yesterday was a breezy 60°, feeling like spring time and the lambs were frolicking. Last night, we had wind chill of 15°. Most can imagine the absolute panic of having young lambs endure that kind of temperature change. I bedded down the run in shed heavily and fed the mama ewes in there while leaving the other sheep to eat up top. After wrangling all the babies and mamas up and showing them the hay filled run in shed, I was a sweaty mess. But, luckily they took the hint and stayed hunkered down all night in the warmth of the straw and I was greeted by the two sweetest purebred Finn boys I’ve had ❤️ these two had me the most worried as Finn’s aren’t the most durable sheep. Their origin story has shepherds bringing them into their homes during hard winters to not only heat their homes but also to protect the sheep from the weather. Unfortunately, my husband doesn’t agree with me reenacting their history. I was so relieved to see them with full bellies and at peace this morning ❤️🐑
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02/24/2024

I checked the last two girls this morning to see the progress of where we’re at for this week and knew right away, Honey was going today. After feeding, I waited a couple of hours to check on her and what do you know, she started. This big ole boy’s one shoulder was back so she did need help and he was too far out to situate around so with a big pull, he came out happy and healthy! He’s going to make a beautiful wether for freezer camp 😌
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02/13/2024

This is being a shepherd. Mom did a good job bringing these babies into the world but this little one decided to take his first steps and fall right into the bucket of water that was insulated by straw. What’re the chances, right? Little guy sat with me in the laundry room, warming up by blow dryer while I listened in on a meeting for work. After an hour of blow drying, he was finally warm and ready to go back out to mom where he immediately started drinking and was good to go. Two, almost identical, little boys out of Flossie! These two will be wethered in a few weeks and likely go to pet homes 😌
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02/12/2024

Indy is an absolute unit of a lamb 😍 her little sister, Ivanka, has some growing to do but I am so impressed with the strong texel genetics! Soon I’ll be switching over to a texel ram and will be producing beautiful purebred, registered babes 😍
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