New Arrivals at the Farm!
Our year-round breeding programme means there’s always new animals to see at Cannon Hall Farm.
Here’s where you’ll find an update on the latest.
New Arrivals!
Pip the Sheepdog
Pip the Sheepdog’s surprise arrival to Cannon Hall Farm was revealed on episode one of Channel 5 TV show Friday on the Farm.
She came from one of the UK’s best sheepdog trainers, Emma Gray, and is just two years old.
Farmer Robert predicts it will be at least two years before she’s a fully working dog.
Sapphire our Shire
Our Shire horse Sapphire was born in the Summer of 2020 and is daughter of our very chilled out horse Ruby.
She’s a real belter and is showing signs of being a potential champion already.
Spindles the Llama!
Spindles the Llama was born at Cannon Hall Farm in June 2020.
Her mum is Llama Mia and they live happily with Phillipa, our goat, who thinks she’s a llama.
Spindles is bold and curious and plays well with her goat kid best pal.
She can be found in our rare breeds barn.
Kim the Donkey
July 2020 was a month of tragedy for the donkey herd at Cannon Hall Farm.
We lost two beloved foals, one of which (Peter), was shown on This Week on the Farm.
Despite the heartbreak we found much to celebrate with the safe arrival of Kim, named after the producer who has helped us on our TV journey.
Kim is the daughter of our mainstays Tulip and Gary the Donkey.
Jules the Donkey
July 2020 was a month of tragedy for the donkey herd at Cannon Hall Farm.
We lost two beloved foals, one of which (Peter), was shown on This Week on the Farm.
Despite the heartbreak we found much to celebrate with the safe arrival of Jules, named after the TV presenter he met on the show.
Jules is son to Crocus and Gary the Donkey.
Primrose the Goat!
Orphaned goat Primrose moved to Cannon Hall Farm in July 2020 to become a companion to our popular pygmy Millie.
She’s full of character and is a beautiful colour – easily distinguished for her white coat and little black feet.
She currently lives in an isolation barn with Millie but we hope she will be able to join the herd in the rare breeds barn soon.
Watch Primrose's welcome video here.
Bonnie The Highland Calf
Cannon Hall Farm is proud to announce the arrival of Bonnie, a beautiful pedigree Highland cow.
She is the daughter of Fern, our championship cow who won reserve champion at the Great Yorkshire Show in 2019 and is Ted’s little sister.
She was born at the same time as our other calf Dougal and the pair are firm friends.
Helen the Alpaca
She’s had a tricky start in life but Helen the alpaca is going strong thanks to the dedicated efforts of our farm team.
Audrey’s baby had a medical crisis at birth which has left her with a compromised immune system.
The only way to save her was to put her in isolation and hand-rear her.
She’s not currently visible to visitors – but she’s a regular guest on our live broadcasts.
Watch a video about Helen here.
Dougal - Highland Calf
Cannon Hall Farm is proud to announce the arrival of Dougal, a beautiful pedigree Highland cow.
He is the first calf to be born to Emma, who came to the farm in calf from a championship herd in 2019.
Dougal has made many friends already and likes a good run around.
Pony Hadley - Shetland Pony
Pony Hadley, our brand new Shetland Pony foal, was born in May at Cannon Hall Farm.
His birth was revealed on Episode 1 of the TV show This Week On The Farm which airs on Tuesdays on Channel 5.
His dad is our famous Shetland Jon Bon Pony – and he’s the only pony to be born at the farm in 2020.
See Pony Hadley's Introducer Video.
Camilla (Millie) The Tiny Goat
Our tiny weeny goat Millie was something of a surprise – she’s a twin (her brother Charles is much, much bigger).
Unfortunately her mum couldn’t manage to feed both kids because she developed an infection in her udder, and so the decision was taken to rear the delicate Millie by hand.
She’s fed just like any newborn, several times throughout the day and night and has become firm friends with Farmer Rob.
You can find videos of Millie below.
Watch Millie here.
Pongo - Dutch Spotted Lamb
Pongo, our Dutch Spotted Lamb, became a firm favourite of the Facebook live broadcasts thanks to her distinctive markings that made her look like a Dalmation.
She also has a wonderful marking on her face that makes her look like she’s always smiling.
You can watch a video about her on this link below.
Pongo's Video
Captain Tom: Dutch Spotted Lamb
We think Captain Tom is an absolute legend for raising £12m for the NHS – and we want to pay tribute to this remarkable and wonderful man by naming this remarkable and wonderful lamb after him.
Will: Our Shire Foal!
Our beautiful Shire horse Orchid has given birth to this little lad.
He arrived on March 19, 2020 as our farm attraction was temporarily closed due to the pandemic.
After much consideration we decided to call him Will in honour of an old family friend.
He loves nothing more than a back scratch.
We shared his arrival with a live broadcast .
Grizzly Bear the Swiss Valais
Our farmers had an epic road trip to go and collect Grizzly Bear – our new Swiss Valais tup – from Scotland in March 2020.
Watch the fly-on-the-wall documentary we filmed as we went to collect him and welcome him to the Cannon Hall Farm family.
Watch the video here.
Adam the Alpaca!
This gorgeous new baby alpaca was born at Cannon Hall Farm on February 21, 2020.
He was a complete surprise because we’d scanned his mum earlier this year and the scanning technician detected no baby.
He’s swiftly become a firm favourite with Farmer Dave and we called him Adam, in honour of Adam Henson our Springtime on the Farm presenter.
Watch Adam's video here.
Holly the Calf
Our beautiful white calf Holly was born in December to the anniversary herd of Shorthorn cattle that joined us while we were filming Springtime on the Farm earlier this year.
She’s big pals with the other calf Rusty and the two currently share a ‘room’ in our rare breeds barn.
December Lambs at Cannon Hall Farm
Nobody is owning up to leaving a gate open but we’ve had a surprise arrival of two new lambs!
Our farmers found them this weekend and they’ve been fetched into the roundhouse.
Watch the video about the new arrivals here!
Rusty the Calf
This gorgeous Ruby Red bull calf was born from the anniversary herd in early December 2019.
He had a somewhat traumatic birth with our farmers having to intervene.
It was touch and go if we could get him out in time. After more than 1,000 name suggestions on social media he was called Rusty.
Watch the video here!
Louie the Llama born November 12, 2019
Farmer Darrell introduces you to our latest arrival, this beautiful baby llama or cria. Born just this morning he’s already a big favourite with our farmyard team.
Watch the video now!
Boer Goat Kids - November 2019
We’ve had a lovely new arrival this week with this pair of Boer goat kids – unfortunately we lost one of the triplets but we are really hoping the other two make an amazing recovery.
They are both female which means they will stay at the farm and hopefully become part of our breeding stock.
Watch a video about their arrival here!
New Llama born October 27!
Farmer David had a fantastic surprise this Sunday morning – we’ve had a brand new baby llama born.
This little fella is literally just a couple of hours old and mum is super friendly.
We will be looking for name suggestions.
Jeffrey and Prince
We’re delighted to introduce you to our new reindeer, Jeffrey and Prince.
These two fine fellas have come to Cannon Hall Farm to enjoy a quiet retirement after spending their earlier years travelling the South of England making guest appearances at Christmas events. They’re already firm favourites with staff and visitors alike. You can see them from our tractor and trailer ride.
Autumn the Lamb
Not at all what we were expecting at this time of year – we were surprised to find one of our ewes has lambed.
We usually reserve lambing for February and March/April but this ewe had other ideas.
Spike the Porcupine
Spike our porcupine is terribly shy – but we’re coaxing him out with the help of lots of love and potatoes (his favourite.)
We will keep you updated on his progress.
https://www.facebook.com/CannonHallFarm/videos/396822524552311/?v=396822524552311
Louie the Llama
We asked our Facebook friends to help us name our new baby llama, and they voted to call it Louie.
Alfie the Alpaca
Farmer Tom was casually taking a selfie in the farmyard (like you do) when our baby alpaca Alfie decided to photobomb him!
https://www.facebook.com/CannonHallFarm/videos/501175213964648/?v=501175213964648
Emma the Highland
Emma the Highland and her calf came to join the farm in August as part of our mission to expand our Highlands. She joins Fern and Ted in the rare breeds barn.
https://www.facebook.com/CannonHallFarm/videos/465917977585492/?v=465917977585492
