Our Flock

As hand-spinners our goal is to achieve superb fleece in our breeding program. We feel confident that our fleeces quality is derived from the additional vitamins and minerals, that we add to our flocks daily diet.
All of our fleeces are covered, professionally shorn, and heavely skirted and tagged from debri.

Jacob Sheep are a primaitive sheep with historical roots dating back
to the Old Testement story of Jacob and Labon. Pictorial evidence shows that they resided in what is now modern day Syria. Carrying a Polycerate gene they can have two, four or six horns. Jacob Sheep generally lamb without assistance. They are very maturnal and have distinct individual personalities. Their fleece is wonderful to spin, even for the novice hand spinner. Because of their primitive sructure, you can easily keep six
Jacobs on one acre of property.

 

Adoptions are currently available!
Check out Adopt a Sheep/ Adopt a Fleece page for details.
Don't forget to take a peek at our new lambs arriving March of 2010.
See Lambs & Sheep For Sale

Painted Meadow's Benvolio

Southern Jacob with a twist. Superb type A fleece.
For those who are looking for a rich coal black
and white fleece.
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Painted Meadow's Montague

03/14/10 - B generation -0.2% inbreeding - 25% black
Montague is granduaghter to Jacob's Ladder Maple
This exquisite 4- horn ewe lamb.

Smoke Ham Camden

Camden joined Rise 'N' Shine Farm at the start of our foundation flock in 2001.
Her freckled nose and her abumdent 5 inch staple fleece are just a few of her obvious qualities.
Camden has an incredible knack for letting her friends in or out of locked gates. Quite the character.
Adopted by: Susan Blair of Pennsylvania (March of 2010-March of 2011)

Rise 'N' Shine Willabeaea

4 horn ewe with absolutly fabulouse sortable crimped fleece.
Adopted by: Mellisa Treml of Pennsylvania (2009-March of 2011)

 

Painted Meadow's Willarose

Barking Rock meets Witruk. One of our favorite little ewes.
Willarose has a open lofty fleece that many handspinners will find a delight.
Adopted by: Melissa Treml of Pennsylvania (2009-March of 2011)

Rise 'N' Shine Donnalee

This little ewe is owned by Nicole Bankert and resides at our farm.
Donnalee posesses nice markings and lovely un-freckled, hand-spinners fleece.
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Painted Meadow's McGinty

McGinty poseses a perfect 40%- 60% markings with superior un-freckled.
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Wethers make a wonderful choice when looking for consistamt fleece quality.

Donnegal

When your looking for breedable traits in a ram, you pick certain dominant qualities to be genetically passed onto their
off-spring.
Often times those that I find to be the most physically un-attractive at birth are those that posses a far superior fleece.
Generally, they are not what I would look for in a flock sire.
When your interests are stricltly for fleece, your focus can be solely on fleece. Donnegal met our criteria.
Superb, top quality, hand-spinner's fleece.
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Danny Boy

A gorgious light fleece that hand-spinners will find a delight.
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Smoke Ham Pucchinella

Pucchinnella and Camden are long time friends. Traveling from their birth home in Wisconsin to New York and finding their destination here in Pennsylvania. They came to us as a gift from Nedra Darnell (Fibre Folds Farm). Pucchinella's beautiful four horns resemble melting candle sticks. Pooch has an incredible knack for finding her way into every photo.
A darker, rich black fleece with a coarser handle. Wonderful for spinning and knitting a pair of socks.
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Fibre Folds Dinah

Dinah has thrown some of the most incredible lambs. It has truly been hard not to keep each and every one of them.
.Dinah has earned her place at Rise 'N' Shine Farm and is still providing us with some lovely fleece.
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Rise 'N' Shine Carmeleeta

Carmeleeta inherited her dams freckled nose and gorgeous lofty fleece.
Best of Fleece - Fleece to Shawl - Harrisburg Farm Show 2009
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Rise 'N' Shine Dancheska

Another one of Dinah's gals. Poised and gorgeous.
Dancheska's fleece is open and lofty.
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Painted Meadow's Makala

Pretty little delicate ewe with light un-freckled fleece to match.
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Rise 'N' Shine Twill

One of Dinah's girls. Twill has a striking blue marbled eye that has been passed on to several of her offspring.
Fabulous sortable fleece.
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Rise 'N' Shine Candeeta

This is Carmeleeta's twin sister. There is usually no need to keep two from the same breeding line, but in this case
Candeeta's incredible fleece makes her a keeper

Painted Meadow's Marilla

From the lines that first entered this country through England.
A Witruk and Jacob's Ladder ewe.
Lots of dark co-co brown fleece.

Painted Meadows Sweet Lorraine

Primitive four horned ewe with petite bone structure and supurb fleece.

Painted Meadow's Cranberry Anna

Southern Jacob
Cranberry Anna’s fleece has been achieved by a system of generational crossing of Jacob Sheep to Southdown Sheep.
Rise ‘N‘ Shine Farm is pleased to present this exquisite breed.
Her exquisite silver mocha-cappuccino fleece is indescribable.

Rise 'N' Shine Farm
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