Author Topic: Berkshire cattle? (Read 4100 times)

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

jinglejoys · « **Reply #1 on:** July 03, 2011, 05:54:57 pm »

Pigs,rats, yes...cattle?No

SallyintNorth · « **Reply #2 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
and she got confused ...

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

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

Rosemary · « **Reply #3 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

darkbrowneggs · « **Reply #4 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

princesspiggy · « **Reply #5 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

wildgeese · « **Reply #6 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."