Make sure you hem the cut side. Someone's chickens were able to unravel it and swallowed the thread...it was not good.I have been talking to several people that are trying all kinds of things to stop the crowing. So far is seems like Tomtom has been using a small child's sock (just the ankle part) on her rooster and he is not crowing so far. But she has just started using it just before he started crowing. I think I need to go pick up some socks this weekend and try them out. lol