Trimming our Swiss Valais Sheep

Time for a trim!

Our recently sheared Swiss Valais Sheep are in need of a barber, with such big horns it can be nearly impossible to shear the wool around there faces with electric shears. Thankfully Farmer Tom is around and he's a dab hand with the old fashioned hand shears.

A lovely surprise for our animals!

Our animals love nothing more than a sweet treat so when one of our local suppliers offered us some surplus fruit we jumped at the opportunity. Farmer Ruth is here to tell us all about it.

Catching up with two old pals!

Farmer Dale is here with an update on two of our friendliest faces! Stanley and Gloria the goats have spent much of winter inside sheltering from the cold, wet weather but with spring just around the corner, it'll not be long before they are back on the grass.

Things are looking up for our little lamb.

Our latest Swiss Valais lamb didn't have the easiest start in life, mum wasn't able to produce enough milk to properly feed her lamb so our farmers had to supplement with a tube feed on a regular basis, but are things starting to look up for this little fluff ball? Join Farmer Kate to find out!

Did the haymaking pay off?

Back in the Summer you may have followed our journey as we made hay - we are now reaping the benefits of that harvest. But how are the animals liking it?

Join Farmer Dale as he checks in with the animals and their hay.

Checking in with Pony Hadley

Pony Hadley has certainly been taking after his rockstar dad Jon Bon Pony - and he definitely has the rockstar attitude.

Farmer Dale is here with an update on his training - and a reminder of how he's grown over the last few months.

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Farmer Kate and our snakes

Do you have kids at home? Make sure you tune in with Farmer Kate as she tells you all about our corn snakes and why they are called that - including discussions about what they eat (and how!).

Perfect for those Y3s on the food groups topic!

Our new calf in lockdown

Our anniversary herd of Shorthorn cows have had their fair share of difficulties when it comes to giving birth, but our latest arrival was a perfect delivery.

Farmer Rob is here to introduce the newest member of the herd, a beautiful ruby red calf - which is just the cheering up we needed as our third lockdown continues.

Spike and Winnie

Spike our Cape Porcupine recently settled down with Winnie who arrived just a few months ago. We have been crossing our fingers in the hope that we may soon hear the pitter-patter of tiny porcupet feet but until very recently their relationship seemed rather ...read more

The pygmy goat surprised us!

We've had a really surprising few weeks as it turns out one of our tiny male pygmy goats has ended up fathering five sets of kids with our boer nannies.Farmer Kate tells the story of what happens - and why we've never seen anything like this happen at the farm before.Don't forget you can adopt our goat herd on our website now.

Shannen the Alpaca

Join Farmer Kate as she checks in with our alpaca herd and follows Shannen and Blondie on the next step of their journey. This pair have really come a long way.

Blondie’s Poorly Eye

Our alpaca Blondie has an eye infection which means our farmers have to give her a daily dose of medicine to make sure she has the best chance of recovery.

Don't forget you can adopt our alpaca herd: https://www.cannonhallfarm.co.uk/adopt-an-animal/