OK, as I see various comments that make no sense here: these are keratin growths that grow in the areas where horses (far back in the evolution) used to have digits. They are also found at the back of the fetlock and are called chestnuts or ergots. It happens once in a while that a horse is born without them, and the ones on the fetlocks are usually much smaller, but they are there. They are unique to every horse (like fingerprints in humans) and are used for identification, therefore some (inter)national equine passports have a special section/page, where a picture of all 4 chestnuts can be inserted. They have nothing to do with pressure points, rubbing spots, etc as @KT mentioned before. Although you can take them off in this manner (as long as you don’t go too close to the growing part), you can actually take them off in a much safer and easier way. Take a cloth, paper, tissue, whatever available and soak it with warm water. Press against the chestnut/ergot and keep the warm soaked towel agains it for about a minute or 2. The chestnut should feel softer and more flexible, when it is safe to remove it, by pulling on it gently. NEVER use brute force to get them off, I personally had a friend who yanked them off one of the horses he worked with, to the point of bleeding and the mare had swollen legs for days due to the infection and inflammation that kicked in. If it is still hard and dry and it is not coming off with ease, repeat the soak again, until it is easily peeled off the growth bed. In summer and winter time they get harder, have deeper cracks in them and are more difficult to peel off compared to spring and autumn (due to elements-air temperature, moisture, etc), but if you want to keep them soft and avoid deep cracks, you can use any kind of skin care products (personally I love using lavender oil to keep my horses tail, mane, coat and chestnuts soft and healthy) and depending on their growth, you can peel them off in regular intervals.
@marseillejoh
Жыл бұрын
The more i find out about horses, the more i wonder how tf those features would survive in a wild.
@Newt2799
Жыл бұрын
@@marseillejoha lot of them probably wouldn’t too well since they’ve been domesticated. Same with animals like sheep that need human intervention to live long happy lives
@marseillejoh
Жыл бұрын
@@Newt2799 i mean even pre domestication. It's not like we bred them to be unable to breathe thought mouth or to be unable to properly heal bone fractures. The list goes on and on and almost all of those negative traits horses have are not a result of human breeding.
@Newt2799
Жыл бұрын
@@marseillejoh Ohh okay yeah my bad. Yeah I wonder if they had a pretty short life expectancy back then
@Lazarus7000
Жыл бұрын
That makes sense when you understand that they're basically standing/running on the tips of nails of their middle fingers/toes.
@craigm596
Жыл бұрын
If that was hurting the horse it would have kicked the guy through the wall, the fact that the horse is perfectly still shows it didn't hurt in the slightest
@octapusxft
10 ай бұрын
If anything, the horse also knows what is going on and so it is really happy with getting that thing removed.
@kimmathis694
Жыл бұрын
The horses stand so nice and still when getting these trimmed off. I love watching these videos❤
@BoopSnoot
9 ай бұрын
For Christmas we used to always have chestnuts roasting on an open fire, but thanks to KZitem people now know where the chestnuts come from and you never see them anymore. :(
@kt5137
Жыл бұрын
For people like me playing home game: they are callouses. From the horse rubbing against that specific area like human feet.
@lbwlawyer
Жыл бұрын
Not too proud to say, I had no idea, and you saved me a google trip. 🫡
@LeglessWonder
Жыл бұрын
Well. It’s not really settled. It’s also believed they are vestigial remnants, like the ergot’s down lower. They are a callosity, but not necessarily from friction.
@meritaannan9885
Жыл бұрын
Can these ever be permanently removed or do they always regrow and does it cause the horse any discomfort in movement for example?
@Derrako
Жыл бұрын
What do they taste like? Has anyone ever tried? Dogs like eating them.
@janc8199
Жыл бұрын
They are from evolution..remnants that were once toes. The prehistoric horse had toes.
@Ray_Pawz
Жыл бұрын
For those saying it hurts the horse, it doesn’t! Like the skin on our hands and feet they are callouses and don’t hurt unless you go to far
@sevaluv5530
Жыл бұрын
It's not so easy to hurt such a large animal. Even a cat is able to resist if painful medical procedures are required, several people are needed. I think the one who does the manicure himself is very interested in doing everything neatly. If you hurt a person, it is unlikely that he will kill you. And ungulates easily.
@LattePunch
Жыл бұрын
So that's a callous? I was wondering what those were, I didn't know horses could get them.
@arlootter
Жыл бұрын
Its actually horn tissue similar to the hoof. They have another one just below the fetlock too. Like a second and third toe
@tcdtboc8551
Жыл бұрын
@@LattePunch essentially a callous is skin that when exposed to certain conditions toughens over time. If for example you walked outside with no shoes for a week straight you'd notice that the skin on your soles would harden and become more dry. This is so you can more easily traverse your terrain without getting splinters and other foreign material stuck in you. Of course this is still just biological adaptation and it has its limits which is why people began wearing shoes. My apologies if this is a long read, hope that answers your question.
@trucid2
6 ай бұрын
It's like a fingernail. Dead tissue.
@aaronwilliams6989
Жыл бұрын
Wow. I never knew horses had those. Very gratifying to watch.
@platedlizard
Жыл бұрын
chestnuts are the remnant of their other digits they evolved away from. like a toe pad for a toe that no longer exists.
@aaronwilliams6989
Жыл бұрын
@@platedlizard How do they know that? Scientists are always guessing and speculating things.
@IRMentat
Жыл бұрын
@@aaronwilliams6989fossil, bone and butchering history has a pretty detailed record of changes over time for various creatures. Not always in the right place or order (that takes some trial and error) but it makes things like vestigial featuresa lot easier to determine. Ultimately most life trends towards a similar pattern to other types of that life (be is fish, fowl, biped or equine), if we have eaten it then all the more evidence is likely as we will also have artwork form history to back up the forensics.
@kingaxxidnt2484
7 ай бұрын
Why Does those grow out in that area?
@bass_c94
Жыл бұрын
I was today years old when I found out this happens to horses!
@sandwichbebussin9206
Жыл бұрын
Yeah I don't know what the hells going on anymore this is something else
@platedlizard
Жыл бұрын
a chestnut is a remnant of one of their digits they lost through evolution, kind of like a toe pad for a toe that no longer exists. they're perfectly normal, but sometimes they overgrow and need to be trimmed. the material is basically like a callus.
@nagaviper1169
13 күн бұрын
Gives a whole new meaning to chestnuts roasting over an open fire.
@MRJK54
5 күн бұрын
Oh man that must feel wonderful for the person and the horse, that cuts were amazing, i hope the horse still gets that awesome manicures!
@ms55938
Жыл бұрын
Wow, never seen any that big. They usually just dry up and fall off or you can peel them off easy.
@andyparks6120
Жыл бұрын
OOOOKAYYYY......thats what she said.....? dry up and peel off.......HMMMMMM
@twsh876
Жыл бұрын
@andy parks okay?😐
@Hugo_Balls08
8 ай бұрын
@@andyparks6120bro chill tf out
@scruber64_
17 күн бұрын
@@andyparks6120 get yer mind outta the gutter
@simonlunt353
Жыл бұрын
My wife who has had horses since she was a kid just twists them off over a few days and l have seen them as big as these first ones 😊
@nathanmace3936
Жыл бұрын
We always twisted them off
@andyparks6120
Жыл бұрын
OOOOKAYYYY......thats what she said.....?
@guyshafor1320
Жыл бұрын
@@andyparks6120 WAAAAAAAT?
@rickybuhl3176
3 ай бұрын
Cats got beans and neigh-neigh here got a Picasso'd leg. Four, four Picasso'd legs..
@LilBlueOnk
Жыл бұрын
I have no idea what these things are, what purpose they serve, or why its bad for them to be past a certain length... And yet this is so satisfying to watch.
@platedlizard
Жыл бұрын
a chestnut is a remnant of one of the digits they lost through evolution, kind of like a toe pad for a toe that no longer exists. they're perfectly normal, but sometimes they overgrow and need to be trimmed. the material is basically like a callus. they're only a problem if they get too big because then it might rub or snag and that could be irritating or painful to the horse. so it's trimmed.
@atlantis173
17 күн бұрын
Bei Urpferden war das eine Klaue.
@hireikana18
Жыл бұрын
So is this what I see dogs chewing off of horses sometimes when I visit my uncles? The horses don’t mind it at all either.
@beezymeech
Жыл бұрын
I know some dogs that would kill each other for the chance to eat it like they hadn’t been fed for a week
@jproxursoxoff
5 ай бұрын
😂😂🤣🤣
@Vader066
4 ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂
@modwrath810
Жыл бұрын
Why did I find this extremely satisfying ?
@nexbur2628
Жыл бұрын
Asi se demuestra mi gran desconocimiento de los caballos. No sabia que les crecia algo ahí. Ahora asumo que eso es el equivalente equino a que te crezca la uña del pulgar.
@goldendreamer2122
Жыл бұрын
Can't believe you're not going to eat those.
@-Clutch-
Жыл бұрын
Freak
@ilkbaharkunduzu1
Жыл бұрын
@@-Clutch- I eat them everyday. They are delicious.
@thomassullins8690
Жыл бұрын
Tastes like chicken
@-Clutch-
Жыл бұрын
@@ilkbaharkunduzu1 sure ya do.
@ilkbaharkunduzu1
Жыл бұрын
@@-Clutch- Dude the last time I have seen a horse actually was in my circumcise ceremony when ı was a kid. I ride a horse that's all. However, there are people who drinks coffee that is made from poops of an animal. So it would not surprise me really if some people really eat that.
@mattdad8429
Жыл бұрын
That straight looks like one of those t-bone dog treats.
@cloud5buster
17 күн бұрын
Dogs do like eating them. Any time I or my farrier is trimming hooves or chestnuts, the dog hangs out and eats the dropped bits.
@GodBlessGodBless1227
Жыл бұрын
Hey, roast them thangs on an open fire, will ya?
@kennethshiro9500
Жыл бұрын
lol it sounds like someone's having a violent argument in the background.
@phantom4E2
8 ай бұрын
idk if it will be of much help but i read on some other vid someone said that after removing these from horses that person applied vaseline regularly to keep these defective nails of horses soft so next time they grow vaseline makes them softer to cut them off, to whoever has horses and reads this try it if it works, heeehaw
@RedsHitpostMedia
17 күн бұрын
Notice how everyone saying it hurts the horse arent ranch hands or farmers and never worked with then
@granttrashman5466
Жыл бұрын
I just always peeled them off whenever I was doing tick checks
@Jens-tc5yz
4 ай бұрын
Härligt att höra svenska. ❤❤❤
@mattakudesu
Жыл бұрын
It's like a keratin steak
@NetVoyagerOne
7 ай бұрын
Dogs love em.
@anonydun82fgoog35
Жыл бұрын
I know a restaurant that would probably try to sell them as "filet mignon"
@judgedread5835
Ай бұрын
from thhe looks of it.. they gona grow bacckk
@Barbie_All_The_Way
Жыл бұрын
That is amazing how that part grows like a fingernail
@leilaclarridge5807
Ай бұрын
Very late reply, but they are actually toenails. They’re the remains of digits when horses had more than one toe on watch foot. Now all that’s left of them is a disembodied nail that’s no longer attached to a toe.
@suellenspencer-eb2nv
Жыл бұрын
Wow. Do you ever talk while doing your videos. Love watching.
@andyparks6120
Жыл бұрын
thatswhatshesaid.
@TheFoodieCutie
3 ай бұрын
I’m just curious in 2024 why Farriers have not figured out some kind of recessed platform or something like that which doesn’t require them bending over in such a way. I worry about the farriers back and knees with that awkward position. I’ve seen some very clever advancements in farming such as the crash cart for bovines. I suppose horses are more temperamental and won’t tolerate that stuff maybe? 🤔 I wonder what would be easier for the horse and the farrier!
@mhc706
6 ай бұрын
if i didnt know better i would think this was where rubber came from
@FloatingCroc
6 ай бұрын
Damn my dog would go bonkers for those
@xanselmox
21 күн бұрын
You gotta eat those brother! Natures horse jerky.
@rootbeer666
6 ай бұрын
I've seen that on legs but I always thought they're skin lesions from repeat contact as well as insect bites, from the many flies and horseflies and the like.
@СтасКарпов-к6э
11 ай бұрын
Это болезнь такая??, первый раз вижу
@andystandys
5 ай бұрын
Wow... it's actually hoof material.
@stevecooke9934
10 ай бұрын
wow its like made outta the same stuff as their frog. never knew this. cool man
@ponypalpaula
6 ай бұрын
They peel off easily. No need to use scissors if it’s done regularly.
@peteranserin3708
3 ай бұрын
That's the remnant of the thumb of an animal, from millions of years of evolution.
@equine2020
3 ай бұрын
From the toes of prehistoric horses had They developed into one solid hoof.
@bigol9223
25 күн бұрын
Because as we all know, thumbs grow back every time you chop them off.
@equine2020
25 күн бұрын
@@bigol9223 Suggest you study the evolution of horses.
@bigol9223
25 күн бұрын
@@equine2020 I suggest you study how quickly your thumb grows back.
@cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245
6 ай бұрын
Looks delicious!!
@davidjacobs8558
4 ай бұрын
heard dogs love them.
@brittneyhall4000
Жыл бұрын
I like your video make me smile 😅
@andyparks6120
Жыл бұрын
thanks Yoda.
@uxtalzon
Жыл бұрын
Plant them and grow some beautiful trees.
@mattdad8429
Жыл бұрын
I honestly did not know horses came from trees until now. It makes sense; I just never thought about it.
@Fallout3131
9 ай бұрын
@@mattdad8429😂😂😂
@Fallout3131
9 ай бұрын
@@mattdad8429TRUE
@jrzlz
6 ай бұрын
The old Greeks used to make tea with those to get stronger.
@adim00lah
4 ай бұрын
I never noticed horses had these?!
@tabithadente7139
Жыл бұрын
Would they become a problem if they were never trimmed???
@tbirdal7068
Жыл бұрын
that's my question too
@carolinachartier
Жыл бұрын
No
@tabithadente7139
Жыл бұрын
Ahhh, gotcha. Heck, it's so incredibly satisfying to see them cut off, haha.
@richardjared960
Жыл бұрын
@@tabithadente7139I think they will fall off naturally in time
@markvanderstelt8999
Жыл бұрын
yes they would grow chestnut trees on his leg .
@mstyslava
26 күн бұрын
It looks edible
@unkokusaiwa
16 күн бұрын
How do they taste?
@Servellion
Жыл бұрын
So are these like vestigal structures from when horses had more than one digit?
@silversiren7046
Жыл бұрын
No, it's basically just a callous.
@platedlizard
Жыл бұрын
yes, it's the old toe pad
@platedlizard
Жыл бұрын
@@silversiren7046 recent research shows they are the remains of their lost toes
@mayoluck
23 күн бұрын
What do they taste like?
@JIMBO8472
7 ай бұрын
No nerves, no blood supply, they dont feel a thing.
@beverlyarcher3744
Жыл бұрын
If i didn't know it was real i thought it would be foam put on there
@badshootykat5574
Жыл бұрын
Now I see how glue was made without the horse
@yaboigamerdouji7573
Жыл бұрын
Couldn’t be me. I’d be too nervous about cutting skin
@pennyplyman5022
Ай бұрын
Dogs love eating the chestnuts.
@ratlash7438
10 ай бұрын
those are delicious with some honey
@grayace4556
Жыл бұрын
Cue all the people who know absolutely nothing about horses to bleat on about how it's hurting them! LOL!
@LordUdedenkz
Жыл бұрын
Do you make stew out of those?
@BIGMACBURGER
3 ай бұрын
yummy, looks like taffy
@sharonrigs7999
8 ай бұрын
They look like they would be good fried and salted!
@demonikgambino6525
6 ай бұрын
Wonder how much glue that makes
@andyparks6120
Жыл бұрын
tell your 6 year old that a unicorn was trimmed. .....wait for the fun.
@atlantis173
17 күн бұрын
Einfach Huffett oder Öl draufstreichen, dann fallen sie selber ab.
@dixierae3442
Жыл бұрын
I was trying to figure out what the tissue reminded me of and it very much looks like the frog inside the horse's hoof.
@girlybirb
Жыл бұрын
Do you mean the frog?
@dixierae3442
Жыл бұрын
@@girlybirb LOL thank you so much my friend that's exactly what I meant. I don't know where the heck Turtle came from.
@jamesriverfossils
7 ай бұрын
These are a delicacy in many countries. They are fried and eaten
@sadjhin103
Жыл бұрын
The Forbidden Salami.
@sacr3
5 ай бұрын
Calluses are actually extremely helpful, for example when I'm off work for a long period of time and my hands get a bit soft it becomes a little more difficult to use all those tools again over a long period of time without some form of chafing. Once I start growing some calluses on my hands and feet it's an additional bit of barrier that prevents the chafing and adds a little more strength to my baby like skin after being off work for so long. A good example our feet, they are extremely delicate because we use shoes all the time and if we were to walk through a field we would most likely cut or hurt our feet. If we walked like we used to 10,000 plus years ago without shoes our feet would be thick and calloused but that would allow you to walk and Hike almost anywhere with a lot more comfort. Shoes have deformed our feet, our big toe naturally wants to point inwards in line with the bone it's attached to, it causes our toes to spread out a lot more to give us more grip and balance, unfortunately shoes have pinched our toes together and now our big toe either goes straight or points outwards towards the other toes. Same thing with over sanitizing, we have more bacteria on our body then we do our own cells and without that bacteria we would die. The bacteria on you and in you provide a barrier against bad bacteria and it continuously keeps our immune system in check. Families that are excessively clean and keep their children excessively clean have a much higher likelihood of developing allergies and disease later in life, whereas families that are Farm bound and are surrounded by animal s*** and all sorts of bacteria tend to have significantly less allergies and live longer lives Everything that we have been doing to ourselves to coddle our body and make sure it is clean and safe is more damaging in the long term, we evolved on this planet for millions of years as great apes to live in the dirt and survive, this whole process of being exposed to all these things have been included in our development and when you take that away the development of our body is missing a key aspect of making it a better body. Calluses are not bad things, unless of course you are doing some odd behavior that causes one to grow to ridiculous sizes. You do something repetitively that isn't normal and of course you will get abnormal results, work out one arm and you'll see how big it gets relative to the rest and that is just the body adapting to what it's being fed, just as this horse was continuously rubbing one spot against the surface and the body was simply reacting to what it was being fed by growing but continuously large and abnormal callous
@np153Garlix
3 ай бұрын
The 'horse chestnut' is not the same as a callus on human skin. They may be similar, but their functions and purposes are different.
@leilaclarridge5807
Ай бұрын
Sir, this is a Wendy’s
@bigol9223
25 күн бұрын
Did your teacher give you a writing assignment wtf
@moneyoo9
Жыл бұрын
What are they? What is that guy talking about eating them?
@GodBlessGodBless1227
Жыл бұрын
Dogs love them
@thatguyoverthere1410
Жыл бұрын
What the hell is a horse chestnut?
@lorettarussell3235
Жыл бұрын
Why not put some oil, cream or lotion on it to soften them up then peel it off the next day or if using the oil over a period of time few days wouldn't they just fall off?
@platedlizard
Жыл бұрын
it doesn't hurt the horse to cut them off so snipping them off like that is faster and easier on them than messing around with them
@atlantis173
17 күн бұрын
@@platedlizardmit Öl oder Fett fallen sie nach ein paar Tagen selber ab. Beim schneiden oder zwicken mit der Zange bleiben Überreste stehen
@almostafarm6394
Жыл бұрын
What is the purpose of that "chestnut?"
@platedlizard
Жыл бұрын
they are vestigial from when horses had more than one toe
@someoneyoumightormightnotk3602
10 ай бұрын
To those who are curious as to what chestnuts are even supposed to be, well you’re lucky because I’ve got the answer: What used to be scent glands on the ancestors of equids. I’ve seen some suggest that chestnuts are the remnants of their digits but that doesn’t lineup with where the digits used to be before they were lost through time, they were at the same level as the digits they now have, not on the heel and forearm. Deer and MANY other ungulates still have those glands. Amongst Perissodactyls, tapirs and rhinos have lost this trait whilst all living wild equids only have chestnuts on their forearms but horses differ from having their chestnuts on their heels.
@fuckjewtube69
9 ай бұрын
I'm not a horse expert but I'm pretty sure if that hurt the horse it would have kicked him into another dimension and not just stood there completely still.
@HammadKhan-ru9fh
Жыл бұрын
What is chestnut? And why does it happens??
@AdmiralStoicRum
Жыл бұрын
Basically like a vestigial toenail from when they had more toes I think cuz the ancestors of the horse had more toes than the current one which is only one toe
@aaaht3810
Жыл бұрын
@@AdmiralStoicRum Yes. I think that is basically it. Vestigial toe or part of a toe from ancient equine ancestor.
@ernestorodriguez3637
Жыл бұрын
Is someone setting up dinner in the background?
@lisataggart936
4 ай бұрын
Brave guy
@jlfilip
Жыл бұрын
The hell it that thing??? When i read the video title 1st thing that came on mind!!! Chestnut tree growing on hore?!?!??!?!?
@stevenlowe7219
5 ай бұрын
WTF are these? What do they come from
@fin3315
3 ай бұрын
Что это за штуки на ногах у лошади?
@ChaosMagnet
6 ай бұрын
Where dog chews come from!
@Vin-og2dj
4 ай бұрын
Does it grow nerves if it grows too big??? I never knew this about horses
@leilaclarridge5807
Ай бұрын
Thankfully no. If they did, the guy trimming them would be a stain on the ground.
@premeandre
Жыл бұрын
Why did you not cut it all the way off
@speedrublucas1139
Жыл бұрын
According to other comments, they're like calluses. So cutting all the way could hurt the horse.
@remotecabinstudios
Жыл бұрын
But how do they taste?
@mayureshbhattacharjee3129
Жыл бұрын
Can't they slice the whole thing off
@BaronMorte
Жыл бұрын
So, it's like a big callus???
@personanon2879
Жыл бұрын
Not quite.. it's a remnant of a toe that their ancestors used to have.
@jambothejoyful2966
Жыл бұрын
Nobody’s asking the important questions, like the reason I clicked on the video A. How did I not know this, and B. what came first chest nuts or chest nuts??? How am I supposed to know which is named after which? It’s like is the color orange called orange because of oranges, or are oranges called oranges because they are orange ???? These are the REAL QUESTIONS
@jeffdur1330
28 күн бұрын
What's a farrier
@MackerelCat
3 ай бұрын
Are these some vestigial toes? Interesting
@leilaclarridge5807
Ай бұрын
They aren’t even toes any more. Chestnuts are basically just the keratin layers of toes that have long disappeared almost entirely, hence why they move with the skin. They’re not attached to the skeleton any more.
@andrewthefirst
Жыл бұрын
Poor horse gonna cry all evening.
@SagaNYM
11 ай бұрын
что это? разве у лошадей должны расти тут "пальцы"? или это особенность породы? такое вижу впервые, хотя за лошадьми немного тоже ухаживала
@laughthis138
3 ай бұрын
You see in the far future those will be backward flaming jets and your horse would be know as a ponyta
@javairflorez7889
5 ай бұрын
I just got the goosebumps
@QuantumImperfections
11 ай бұрын
Ohhhhhhhh so this is what they roast over an open fire
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