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  1. BarkerChickens

    High Desert, California!!

    Quote: Sorry that I didn't see this sooner. Dr. McClaine at Desert Care Animal Hospital on Main Street at 9th (NW corner) will see chickens....and anything that you can get into her office. GREAT VET!! We have been going to her since 2001. She recently added Dr. Keith Dan to her office...
  2. BarkerChickens

    High Desert, California!!

    Quote: AWWWWwwww no mountain folk form Big Bear? You are right....I missed Big Bear, Lake Arrowhead, Crestline, Lake Gregory, and all other surrounding mountain communities in the San Bernardino Mtns.
  3. BarkerChickens

    High Desert, California!!

    Quote: For not being that big, there sure are quite a few Hesperians here! DH and I homebrew (when we get the chance) and have a large garden as well. I like that our climate lets us garden year round!
  4. BarkerChickens

    High Desert, California!!

    Quote: Hi! I've been staying in Lancaster for work recently! (After long days in the field, I don't want to drive 71 miles back to my house and the company will pay for a hotel room. ). As for the coop, a solid, well ventilated, but non-drafty coop will be fine. Hesperia is usually the...
  5. BarkerChickens

    High Desert, California!!

    Quote: Summers are hot, so lots of shade and access to water is a must. Our winters are cold and we get strong winds, so they will need a good, solid coop. The general rule of themb is 4 sq. ft. per large fowl chicken in the coop and 10 sq ft per chicken in the run. That also assumes...
  6. BarkerChickens

    High Desert, California!!

    Quote: I always here out it is SOOOO hot up here and why would I ever want to live here?!?! Uhhhh....we warm up later in the spring than DTH (more spring weather here) and cool down earlier (shorter summer) than DTH. AND when we are the same temp as DTH, we aren't muggy. PLUS, we get clear...
  7. BarkerChickens

    High Desert, California!!

    Hey all! This thread is intended for those of us in the High Desert area of So. California to get to know each other. Where is the high desert? Traditionally, it is considered south of the Sierra Nevada Range and east of the San Bernardino and San Gabriel Mountains and all the way over to the...
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