My Little Red Barn, the goose stall

Wheew! What a job! It took several days & a lot of hard work but the goose stall is finally done. Below are some before & after photos with a description of the work done. 
           Before                                                                      After

If you click on these you can see more detail. This built in feeder was firmly planted so I figured I would keep it, but as I started cleaning I saw how impossible it was going to be to clean under & behind. As you can see, I decided to remove it. I had to chisel the old muck cementing the support board to the floor. Then I had to take it apart board by board before I could get it off the wall. I'm glad I did. I think the stall will be more functional with out it. See all the dark areas on the walls in the after photo? I had to use a hammer & chisel to clean it! I got all the muck off but as you can see the wood is still stained. I don't think that will be a problem though.
           Before                                                                      After

These photos are of the other side of the stall. The first thing you will notice in the before pic is that weird shelf thingy. I could not come up with any idea of what it could have possibly been used for, nor what reasonable use it could be for me. (except for a head banger) So I took it down. The cleaning on this side was much easier. I still had to do some scraping but even with that it only took a couple hours. When I was cleaning up that pile of muck in the corner I found a couple old rabbit pellets, I thought I was pretty smart solving the weird shelf thingy mystery! That little blue box in the lower corner is where the power wire comes into the barn. It needs to be covered so the geese don't peck at it. The plywood box I have on it in the after pic is not screwed in yet, I was going to wait until I installed the power plugs & lights. It's a good thing to because I found something better to protect the wires. But the electrical is an other project so I will explain/up date on that post. 
           Before                                                                      After

This was the hardest part of the cleaning! I had to use a chisel & hammer on this whole section from where the feeder was to the gate! You really can't see much of a difference in these small pics, click on them and you can see in the bigger photos. They must have had some kind of bovine in here, it's the only thing I can think of that could have splattered the walls in this manner. This mystery however, will most likely remain unsolved! It was a hard shitty job, (literally!) But now that the project is done, as I relax in "my spot", I reflect on all the times I helped in OTHER people's barns, seeing how happy they were when a job well done was completed! I remember all to well how jealous I was, I couldn't help it! I wanted so badly to be one of them! Now as I relax in "my spot" I realize that finally (I) am one of those other people, in (MY) barn! Now this might sound selfish to some, but after a lifetime of having this dream, I am finally living it and happy doesn't even start to covey how I feel!