Pip Our Sheepdog

Pip our sheepdog came to live on the farm in the Autumn of 2020 - but she's only two so her training isn't yet complete.

Farmer Rob has to frequently take her on practice runs, to try rounding up the sheep.

Here's what happened on one of them.

Arnie and the Jacobs

It's winter, and people might assume all is quiet on the farm, but that is far from the truth.

We have around nine different rare breed sheep herds who are now separated out into various fields for tupping.

All this behind-the-scenes work means we ...read more

The milking goats!

We are taking a moment to celebrate the heroic efforts of our goats Florence, Cappuccino and Latte who have gone over and above this year to save some very vulnerable animals.

Their precious milk has gone a long way to helping the babies who couldn't feed ...read more

Little Donkey, Little Donkey

Ring out those bells tonight - our very own group of new arrivals are spending their first night at Cannon Hall Farm.

Our herd of miniature donkeys have joined us all the way from Phil's Farm in Ireland and are now settling in to their new life on ...read more

Socially Distanced Santa

Have you not yet had chance to see Santa? We are thrilled to say we still have tickets available for our Santa sessions.

Please read all the info carefully but in a nutshell it's a:

* Socially distanced Santa and Elfie sessions

* See the ...read more

Jon Bon gets ready for Santa

We are so excited about our Santa Parade that starts tomorrow - and there's one of our famous animals that will have a starring role.

Jon Bon Pony is very excited to meet Santa tomorrow - but before he does, we've got to get him ready for his ...read more

Farewell to Alfie

From the very beginning, Alfie the Alpaca has been a particular favourite of ours but the time has come for him to move on to pastures new.

As much as we'd love to keep every single animal, that just isn't possible and so, to ensure they always live their ...read more

Our new calf

We've had an exciting new arrival this week - a gorgeous calf has arrived.

This little bull calf is Jeremy's son and is an absolute belter.Join Farmer Dave as he makes the first introductions.

Our porcupines

Join Farmer Darrell as he tells you all about our cape porcupines after we welcomed Winnie, the new arrival.

Now we have a pair what will that mean for the farm? And will 2021 see the arrival of any porcupets?

Ultrasound day

Matt from The Yorkshire Vet paid us a visit to check in on our cows - and allowed us to film as he did ultrasounds on the pregnant ones

.If you've ever seen a baby ultrasound then you will be astonished to see these videos from our cows - where you can see a ...read more

The making of Oh ‘Eck Beer

It's something we've been saying we should do for a long, long time but until now it just never was the right time.

We are thrilled to say our Oh 'Eck blonde beer with Acorn Brewery is in our farm shop and selling well.But if you'd be interested in watching how it came to be - then join Farmer Dave behind the scenes at the brewery.

We’ve launched own gin!

We've teamed up with Mason's Gin for our very own range of tasty gins based on Farmer Rob and Farmer Dave's foraging recipes.Our orange and rasperry flavours will be arriving around mid-November so make sure to leave some space on your Christmas list.