31 March 2009 #1 C Cash Well-Known Member Joined 10 November 2008 Messages 1,977 Visit site (as in leg chestnuts, not colour chestnuts or chestnut trees )
31 March 2009 #2 T tinker512 Well-Known Member Joined 7 November 2004 Messages 2,064 Visit site Ask your farrier he should be able to do it for you
31 March 2009 #3 S samstar Well-Known Member Joined 6 October 2008 Messages 11,673 Location somewhere quiet Visit site saw someone before just get their nail in it and pull with a quick movement . Me I'd prefer to ask my farrier to do it
saw someone before just get their nail in it and pull with a quick movement . Me I'd prefer to ask my farrier to do it
31 March 2009 #4 F filly190 Well-Known Member Joined 12 September 2006 Messages 1,714 Visit site I just pickle at them with my finger nails and find an edge where I can tear it off. I am careful not to go too close in and do it at stages. The longer they grow the harder they become and more difficult, so it is easier to keep them neat.
I just pickle at them with my finger nails and find an edge where I can tear it off. I am careful not to go too close in and do it at stages. The longer they grow the harder they become and more difficult, so it is easier to keep them neat.
31 March 2009 #5 mattilda Well-Known Member Joined 26 September 2007 Messages 4,942 Location cheshire Visit site My farrier nips them off when he shoes them.
31 March 2009 #6 Slinkyunicorn Well-Known Member Joined 5 January 2009 Messages 45,409 Location Should be working..... www.rutlandhorseextras.co.uk My farrrier does the ergots and chestnuts on my cob - they are huge and rock hard so would be impossible any other way!!
My farrrier does the ergots and chestnuts on my cob - they are huge and rock hard so would be impossible any other way!!
31 March 2009 #7 T TheFarrier Well-Known Member Joined 14 February 2009 Messages 1,027 jamesthefarrier.co.uk We can do them for you, just ask your farrier. lots of owners dont like to do them so ask me instead
31 March 2009 #8 Rowreach Adjusting my sails Joined 13 May 2007 Messages 18,127 Location Northern Ireland Visit site [ QUOTE ] We can do them for you, just ask your farrier. lots of owners dont like to do them so ask me instead [/ QUOTE ] My farrier OH does them for me, but he also quite often does them for my friends' horses as their farrier for some reason doesn't do them
[ QUOTE ] We can do them for you, just ask your farrier. lots of owners dont like to do them so ask me instead [/ QUOTE ] My farrier OH does them for me, but he also quite often does them for my friends' horses as their farrier for some reason doesn't do them
31 March 2009 #9 TheresaW Well-Known Member Joined 18 January 2006 Messages 9,111 Location Nottinghamshire Visit site Mac chews his off himself!
31 March 2009 #10 N Nailed Well-Known Member Joined 26 September 2006 Messages 8,650 Location Stoke-on-Trent Visit site Pair of hoof cutters, Clip clip clip clip, Done. Lou x
31 March 2009 #11 china Well-Known Member Joined 24 November 2008 Messages 5,193 Visit site my horses falls off. lol
31 March 2009 #12 I ivenoidea Well-Known Member Joined 17 December 2007 Messages 257 Visit site I assume my farrier does them automatically as I've never done anything with them.
31 March 2009 #13 charliesarmy Well-Known Member Joined 28 July 2008 Messages 5,777 Location Lancs Visit site I always get the farrier to do it I don't like touching them one of my pet hates
1 April 2009 #14 K kellyeaton Well-Known Member Joined 13 June 2008 Messages 3,685 Visit site touch wood my boy is ten and still they have never grown yet!