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Livestock => Cattle => Topic started by: Rosemary on July 03, 2011, 02:07:43 pm

Title: Berkshire cattle?
Post by: Rosemary on July 03, 2011, 02:07:43 pm
Ad in Smallhoolder mag for 2 Berkshire bulls for sale, unregistered.

Is this a mistake? I've never heard of Berkshire cattle
Title: Re: Berkshire cattle?
Post by: jinglejoys on July 03, 2011, 05:54:57 pm
Pigs,rats,  yes...cattle?No
Title: Re: Berkshire cattle?
Post by: SallyintNorth on July 10, 2011, 09:37:52 am
There is no 'Berkshire' in the list of British Cattle Movement Service's approved breed codes.

Perhaps they look like these:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VIEW-ABINGDON-BERKSHIRE-CATTLE-ENGRAVING-COUSEN-TURNER-/180667996464 (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VIEW-ABINGDON-BERKSHIRE-CATTLE-ENGRAVING-COUSEN-TURNER-/180667996464)
  and she got confused ...;D

Or perhaps they are Bazadaize crosses and have white snouts, feet and tail tips...   ;)

I think they must be boars and someone misheard/typed!
Title: Re: Berkshire cattle?
Post by: Rosemary on July 10, 2011, 12:25:20 pm
Quote from: SallyintNorth on July 10, 2011, 09:37:52 am

I think they must be boars and someone misheard/typed!

Pretty disappointing / surprising for seller and buyer  ;D
Title: Re: Berkshire cattle?
Post by: darkbrowneggs on July 10, 2011, 12:40:07 pm
That is one I have never heard of  ???  Unless they are just some cattle which happen to be grazing in Berkshire  ::)

All the best
Sue
Title: Re: Berkshire cattle?
Post by: princesspiggy on July 11, 2011, 11:47:09 pm
Quote from: Rosemary on July 10, 2011, 12:25:20 pm
Quote from: SallyintNorth on July 10, 2011, 09:37:52 am

I think they must be boars and someone misheard/typed!

typing errors do happen! we had an ad in paper once for sheep at "£1" each, no wonder we had so many phone calls!!
lol  :wave:
Title: Re: Berkshire cattle?
Post by: wildgeese on July 23, 2011, 08:11:00 pm
I once sold two Tamworth gilts. The paper must have been short of advertising that week as they gave me a HUGE column length with BIG letters... under "Scrap metal."
Title: Re: Berkshire cattle?
Post by: Rosemary on July 24, 2011, 10:37:46 am
 ;D ;D ;D ;D