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	<title>Things to do in Essex, new attractions, soft play, outdoor activities for fun days out in Essex at Old MacDonald’s open farm</title>
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		<title>New Baby Donkey!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the morning of Friday 6th August the suitably named &#8216;Donkey Donkey&#8217; blessed us with a baby male foal. &#8216;Donkey Donkey&#8217; is the sister of &#8216;Emma&#8217; the donkey, who earlier this year had a female foal named &#8216;Dolly&#8217; by Katie McKeown who won one of our many Facebook competitions March 19th 2010 .
Mother and baby [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Local Heroes Day – Sunday 8th August</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 17:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unfortunately due to the nature of the Fire Service &#038; NHS Ambulance Service we have just been informed on this occasion that they will not be able to bring their vehicles and appliances. However you will still be able to meet members of these vital services who will be able to talk about what they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New baby Alpaca</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 14:59:40 +0000</pubDate>
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During our morning rounds yesterday , Sunday 6th June, at Old MacDonalds Petting Farm we found a new baby girl!!
A baby Alpaca is known as a Cria, she was born very early Sunday morning, alpacas are known for giving birth early in the morning. Our new baby girl is very little and jet black, our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Essex petting farm takes on 5 llamas</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 16:25:09 +0000</pubDate>
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The Boys are in town!
Old MacDonald&#8217;s award winning petting farm in Essex had the great fortune of taking on 5 male llamas one Thursday evening on the 13th May. &#8220;The boys&#8221; are called Hugo, Elliot, Tarzan, Motzart and Manuel. Manuel is the leader of the pack and one of the largest. They are now happy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Alpacas arrive at Essex petting farm</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 12:46:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This Easter holiday we had two new additions to Old Macdonalds Petting Farm&#8230;  GiGi and Eloise,
our new Alpacas!  And on top of that, Eloise is also pregnant, so watch this space for another new arrival annoucement!
They are currently enjoying the sunshine down on our farm in the heart of the Essex Countryside.
For a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Easter break Facebook competition winner Katie Julian McKeown meets Dolly</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In March, Katie Julian McKeown won our Facebook competition to name our new baby Donkey.  The winning name was &#8220;Dolly&#8221;.  Katies prize was a great day out at our petting farm in Brentwood, Essex.
Here is a lovely picture of Katie and her family meeting Dolly, our spring baby Donkey.
We hope Katies family had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sheep Shearing Weekends in Essex &#8211; Coming this Spring</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:17:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For a fun day out this spring come to Old MacDonald’s petting farm. It&#8217;s that time of year again when our woolly friends need to lose their winter coats. This is a great opportunity to see the sheep shearing process up close and learn about life on the farm. 
You can see the sheep shearing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Facebook Donkey Naming Competition&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:22:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Congratulations to Katie Julian McKeown&#8221;
 Winner of our recent competition exclusive to facebook   
Katie&#8217;s name suggestion &#8220;Dolly&#8221; won her 4 FREE TICKETS to a fabulous family day out this Easter at Old MacDonald&#8217;s Farm &#8211; Multi award petting farm and family day out in Essex.
Become a fan on facebook for your chance to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We Had a Halloween of a time at Half Term</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:28:41 +0000</pubDate>
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School holiday time is always a favourite for your farmyard friends here in Old Macdonald&#8217;s Farm in Brentwood, as hundreds of children, and their parents too of course, rush down to visit them, and maybe even feed them too. What our animals do not realise is that, whilst they are an important part of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Come and see our new born Kune Kune Piglets!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:24:30 +0000</pubDate>
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As the regular reader of our website will know, Kune Kune pigs originate from New Zealand (even if they got there by boat some time in the dim and distant past) which is why perhaps our pigs think it is Spring as they have presented us with a batch of bouncing (well squeeking) baby piglets, [...]]]></description>
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