Animals and Farmers

We are checking in with Silver our Shire and her adopted foal Cannon Ball, who has really settled in to a new life at Cannon Hall Farm.

It’s time for our new Highland bull Murphy to join our four lovely Highland cows – will that bit of magic happen so we get some calves for next year? Watch what … read more

We couldn’t be happier to announce that this little bundle of joy arrived safely, thanks to Farmer Dave giving a little helping hand during the delivery. And let us tell you, this … read more

One of the biggest aims for our reptile keepers in the last few months has been to successfully breed our stick insects and when Farmer Kate found the tiniest little egg she … read more

From the midnight feeds, to the night shift tag teams, Rob the alpaca really did take a Herculean effort to keep alive. There were so many times when we worried he wouldn’t … read more

Our alpaca Helen is really keeping us waiting now – she’s the last of our herd to unpack and there’s still no sign of her little one. When do you think she … read more

Its been a week tinged with sadness as we say farewell to our Shire Eliott who has gone to a new home in Scotland. As a Shire Horse Society approved centre, it … read more

They are getting so big! Join Farmer Kate for a pupdate as we check in on the Pip Squeaks who are now just full of beans. Please note: we have had many … read more

We have some wonderful news about Silver and her surrogate foal – and we’ve got some lovely heart-warming clips of them together. It’s still early days but we have some very exciting … read more

The Nicholson family opened the farm to the public in 1989 – and since then progress has been the mindset to improve things for our visitors. Here Farmer Richard narrates a little … read more

As you know, we’ve commited to donating all the proceeds from the sale of Pip’s pups to several charities. We are thrilled to say we’ve now chosen the first benefactors – we … read more

We’ve had scores of messages about our orphan calves that appeared on Springtime on the Farm. We are so happy to report that they are both heading in the right direction – … read more