[Farm and country]

Yesterday we had a phone call from a customer with berkshire pigs who wanted to know how to tattoo her them as they are black. I was fairly sure that I'd heard that you use green ink on black pigs. I phoned my supplier who duely confirmed this information. However on further investigation there seems to be a rather complicated pig ear notching system. From what I gather, both methods are accepted. What method does everyone else use?

[Mr Pig]

If this is for pedigree recording, tattooing of Berkshires is not accepted by the BPA. Many years ago trials of white tattoo paste were conducted on coloured pigs and the results were considered unsatisfactory. I cannot imagine green tattoo paste being legible in a Berkshire pig's ear so the notching system is the best bet.

[HappyHippy]

There's a whole thread on this subject cos I asked too 
http://www.accidentalsmallholder.net/forum/index.php?topic=11765.0
But as Mr Pig says - notches are the way to go (for registered stock anyway)
HTH
Karen x