Windsor Park Stud - 🐴🧦FOAL SLIPPERS 🧦🐴 Eponychium or 'foal slippers' protect the mare's uterus & birth canal during pregnancy & labour. A newborn foal's slippers dry out/ wear away very quickly
![Adrian Black on Twitter: "Horse foal hooves are covered in a rubbery soft capsule (eponychium) to protect the mother's uterus and birth canal. They are are called 'fairy fingers' 'foal slippers' or ' Adrian Black on Twitter: "Horse foal hooves are covered in a rubbery soft capsule (eponychium) to protect the mother's uterus and birth canal. They are are called 'fairy fingers' 'foal slippers' or '](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FuenR1XX0AEqNWA.jpg)
Adrian Black on Twitter: "Horse foal hooves are covered in a rubbery soft capsule (eponychium) to protect the mother's uterus and birth canal. They are are called 'fairy fingers' 'foal slippers' or '
![Feathery Foal Feet - also referred to as “golden slippers,” “fairy fingers” or eponychium. These soft little fingers form a capsule which protects the uterus of the dam from the foal's hooves Feathery Foal Feet - also referred to as “golden slippers,” “fairy fingers” or eponychium. These soft little fingers form a capsule which protects the uterus of the dam from the foal's hooves](https://i.redd.it/feathery-foal-feet-also-referred-to-as-golden-slippers-v0-mf9yf0npb53a1.jpg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=be372a515db262e5d6154960c2d89bf75ad50443)
Feathery Foal Feet - also referred to as “golden slippers,” “fairy fingers” or eponychium. These soft little fingers form a capsule which protects the uterus of the dam from the foal's hooves
MU Equine Teaching Facility - Welcome little man! Our third foal, this one a colt, arrived at 4:00am. We wanted to share the normal appearance of a foal's hooves at birth. This
![Fran Jurga`s Hoofcare + Lameness: Video: Fix My Crooked Foal! Reality Time for Horse Breeders, Skill Time for Surgeons and Farriers Fran Jurga`s Hoofcare + Lameness: Video: Fix My Crooked Foal! Reality Time for Horse Breeders, Skill Time for Surgeons and Farriers](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JEpTthMSpF8/TgVcR1WtI4I/AAAAAAAADnQ/AsOZ7kxlFWo/s1600/foal2lr.png)