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Dear Eric: One of our neighbors has acquired backyard chickens, and a rooster. His chicken coop is not far from our bedroom ...

Dear Eric: One of our neighbors has acquired backyard chickens, and a rooster. His chicken coop is not far from our bedroom ...

Dear Eric: One of our neighbors has acquired backyard chickens, and a rooster. His chicken coop is not far from our bedroom ...

DEAR ERIC: One of our neighbors has acquired backyard chickens, and a rooster. His chicken coop is not far from our bedroom ...

Dear Eric: One of our neighbors has acquired backyard chickens, and a rooster. His chicken coop is not far from our bedroom ...

For instance, if your neighbor makes the rooster’s coop completely lightproof and lets the rooster out a little later in the ...

Dear Eric: One of our neighbors has acquired backyard chickens, and a rooster. His chicken coop is not far from our bedroom ...

We are retired, so most days we can go back to sleep after the rooster has quieted down, but sometimes that is not possible. Our neighbor is relatively new to the neighborhood, and we are friendly ...

One of our neighbors has acquired backyard chickens, and a rooster. His chicken coop is not far from our bedroom window. Now ...

We are retired, so most days we can go back to sleep after the rooster has quieted down, but sometimes that is not possible. Our neighbor is relatively new to the neighborhood, and we are friendly ...