The carer for a Berkshire pig needs a working emergency list, not a name on a fridge
A carer for a Berkshire pig needs your direct mobile number, a second person who can make decisions if you are unreachable, and full details for a vet who actually treats pigs. That last point is the one most often missed. A Berkshire is a large, strong breed, and many small-animal practices will not attend a pig emergency, so the number on the list must be a farm or pig-experienced practice that knows your holding and will come out or accept the pig being brought in.
Vet details specific to this Berkshire
Give the carer a short written profile of this Berkshire pig alongside the vet's details. Note the pig's approximate weight or size, age, sex, and whether it is a breeding animal, because a vet triaging a phone call about a large Berkshire will ask those questions first. Record any ongoing observations you are already tracking with your vet, such as a limp that comes and goes, reduced appetite on certain feeds, or a cough you are monitoring, so the carer can report change against a known baseline rather than guessing what is normal.
List where handling equipment lives: boards, a snare only if the carer is trained to use one, ropes, and the trailer or crate if the pig ever has to travel to the practice. A Berkshire that is unwell can be powerful and distressed, and a carer should never be left to improvise moving one. State plainly who can help with handling, including a neighbour or stockperson the vet can call on.
Heat, appetite, and the Berkshire signs that should trigger a call
Tell the carer which Berkshire changes mean phone the vet now rather than wait for you. A Berkshire pig cannot sweat effectively, so in hot weather a pig that is panting heavily, reluctant to rise, off its wallow, and not interested in water is an urgent concern, and the carer should know where shade, water for cooling, and the hose are before an emergency happens. Likewise, a pig that has not eaten, is straining, is bloated, or has been injured by fencing or another pig should trigger a call the same day.
Contacts beyond the vet
Add the contacts a Berkshire emergency pulls in around the vet. That includes the feed supplier or a neighbour with spare feed if a delivery fails, someone with a working trailer and a vehicle able to tow it, the person who can secure other pigs if this Berkshire has to be separated, and your own emergency contact if you are travelling abroad with patchy signal. If the Berkshire shares housing with other pigs, note which animals can stay together and which must be kept apart during a separation.
Leave the Berkshire list where the carer will actually find it
Put the Berkshire pig's emergency list in the building where the pig is kept as well as on the carer's phone, because rural signal fails exactly when it is needed. Laminate a copy for the feed room wall with the vet's out-of-hours number largest, and keep the fuller profile with feed quantities, wallow and water checks, and handling notes beside it.
Before you leave, walk the carer through one pretend emergency: the Berkshire is off its feed and lying apart from the others at the evening check. Who do they call first, where is the vet's number, and where are the boards? If they can answer without searching, the list is ready. Sharing it through KinsLe means a Care Pass holds this Berkshire's emergency contacts, vet route, and daily routine together, so the carer opens one temporary handover instead of hunting through messages.