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    elkwc reacted to farmerjan's post in the thread Pay day with Like Like.
    Shipped the 1600 lb young bull that had a scrotal hernia.... loop of intestine down into the scrotum along side one testicle... not...
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    elkwc reacted to Dave's post in the thread Pay day with Like Like.
    Motley. Took me a while to figure that out. It would be called brokle faced here. Once again regional differences in what something...
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    elkwc reacted to Silver's post in the thread Pay day with Like Like.
    Nicely done! And imagine, the heavier the animal the more $ per head. Crazy.
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    elkwc reacted to Ebenezer's post in the thread Connealy. Maternal Made with Like Like.
    There are many Angus that are scored at sales time as 18 month old bulls. Their genomic boost is likely created by scores of young...
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    elkwc reacted to SHORTHORNMAN's post in the thread Connealy. Maternal Made with Like Like.
    I had calves sired by Connealy Consensus 7229 and Connealy Dry Valley. My Consensus calves were very nice. I was disappointed in my Dry...
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    elkwc reacted to W.B.'s post in the thread Connealy. Maternal Made with Like Like.
    I don’t disagree at all but there are some good footed Angus out there. Let your eyes be the judge. Most breeders i know will send...
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    elkwc reacted to Ebenezer's post in the thread Connealy. Maternal Made with Like Like.
    I think that the current scoring is done too young and is more of a smokescreen to protect promoters. If it was working there would be...
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    elkwc reacted to gizmom's post in the thread Post a pic of your bull with Like Like.
    This is Gizmo Boss 2034 a three year old bull out of our D Boss Bull. His dam has qualified 5 times for Pathfinder status, I understand...
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    elkwc reacted to Down in Dixie's post in the thread Bad luck keeps on coming with Like Like.
    Regardless of the outcome I have finally gotten a @gizmom angus bull I have been drooling about. Can’t say enough about the Gilmore’s.
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    elkwc reacted to wbvs58's post in the thread Bad luck keeps on coming with Like Like.
    My experience with insurance companies is they want a Vet to do an autopsy on them and identify the animal to make sure it is the one...
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    elkwc replied to the thread The End of EPDs?.
    I believe in known genetics and knowing the sire and dam more than I do low accuracy fabricated numbers. I recently bought a polled...
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    elkwc reacted to simme's post in the thread The End of EPDs? with Like Like.
    Cow's epd is in the 70 percentile for weaning weight (bottom 30% of breed). So, the cow was not picked for her epd's or to chase...
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    elkwc reacted to kenny thomas's post in the thread The End of EPDs? with Like Like.
    Was Simme cow. He choose the cow, i choose the bull. The cow actually has some 600U way back in her background i think. If we keep on...
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    elkwc reacted to kenny thomas's post in the thread The End of EPDs? with Like Like.
    You bring up an excellent point. When i ask Simme to breed one of his cows to 600U i didn't ask what her EPD's were or even what the...
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    elkwc reacted to StrojanHerefords's post in the thread The End of EPDs? with Like Like.
    Wh The problem is that we all don't operate in the same environment. A cow that does well in a low input environment will blow up on...
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