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Spring time for the Alpacas
Our male alpacas spend much of the year living together in their own bachelor group, separate from the pregnant females. But now that the weather is improving, it's time for them to head out into the fields.
Special twins from Kate
There's some extra excitement up at the roundhouse as one of Farmer Kate's favourite sheep, also named Kate, has welcomed twins! This super-friendly ex-bottled fed ewe has produced a cracking pair of lambs and we can't wait to see how they grow.
Red Squirrel Walk Through
Our Red Squirrel breeding programme is expanding, and to ensure the best possible future for this endangered species, we've made some exciting upgrades to our industry-leading walkthrough enclosure. These changes will help us create the perfect environment for our squirrels, giving them the best chance to thrive.
Storytime for our new book!
Join our farm family for a storytime as we sit and read one of our favourite sections of our brand new book - but the story of how we diversified is one we will never get tired of reading. If you want to hear our stories from the perspective of many ...read more
Storytime with the Nicholsons
In our brand new book, Cannon Hall Farm Past Present and Future, we discuss some of most exciting adventures. So here's the family reading one of the excerpts from the book with one of their favourite new friends, they met on their adventures - and ...read more
A big moment for Ruby the Shire Horse
There's a big moment coming up - we are preparing Ruby for her visit to the stallion...and the amazing news is that she will be visiting none other than our bobby dazzler Herkules.
Farmer Ruth and Hannah are dressing her up for her date!
We’ve had an upgrade!
This lambing season we've had a major upgrade in our lambing barns - we've got heat boxes, hay racks, new water facilities all to make sure our lambs get VIP treatment. We're lambing right through February half term.
Farmers Dave and Ruth’s Lambing Night Shift
There's lots of excitement that goes on in our lambing night shifts - and Farmers Dave and Ruth made sure to capture this tricky new arrival.
If you want a behind the scenes view of a lambing night shift, buy your ticket online to join our special live broadcast at 7pm. Link in comments.
Farewell Cilla!
Join us in saying an emotional goodbye to the lovely Shetland pony Cilla, who is moving on to pastures new. Please join us in wishing her a bon voyage and good luck in her next adventure.
New arrivals in our Mammal House
Farmer Georgie is in the mammal house with a brand new arrival - a mouse with kangaroo legs?
Allow our fantastic keepers to inform you about this terrific Australian new arrivals.
Moving the Sheep at Cannon Hall Farm
Hey hey hey! It's a critical time in our roundhouse as we move our new mums out to make way for our February lambers.
Join us from February 15 for your best best chance to see a live birth in our roundhouse maternity unit at Cannon Hall Farm.
The Cow With No Name
We have a problem - our brand new mum, the cow with no name, is at risk of mastitis and so our farmers are having to stage an intervention to protect her from infection.
But when a Highland Cow has big horns, that's easier said than done.