My Little Red Barn, more cleaning

Now that the goose stall is done, time to get started on the main part of the barn. This space is an open area a little over twice the space of the goose stall. It has a very sturdy manger, the ladder to the hayloft and 2 metal hanging cabinets. As far as cleaning goes it isn't nearly as bad as the goose stall was, the walls just need to be brushed down, mostly to get ride of the spiderwebs & their inhabitants. (not an easy job for someone with Arachnophobia!) However the floor is going to require some more scraping! Here are some more before & after photos. 
Before                                                                                              After 

Because we really like chicken and that I can't grow them for some reason, we have decided to get some guinea hens too! (they are kind of like big chickens, more about them in a later posting) So that means that I will be building another stall! The middle section shown here will be for tack & feed. This will be the smallest area in the barn so to optimize the space & because the manger will not be needed, I decided it should be removed. It was a much harder job than I thought it was going to be, but it was worth it!! After I install the other stall wall this extra space will be quite noticeable. You can't see the middle section floor real good here, I had to do some scraping but it cleaned up pretty good. I still have to brush down the walls & clean the cabinets, but for the most part the center section is done. 


Today I will be working on the floor in what will be the second stall. (lots more scraping to do) Then brush down the walls & clean out the corners and I will be DONE with the cleaning! I am hoping I will have time to make a lumber store run & maybe get started on the stall wall! I would like to get this all done by Friday so I can get started on the wiring. Because I am adding a second stall (and the middle section) the wiring will be a bigger project than what was originally planed. 


Oh, I would like to take some time in the next couple days to do two side project. We have a couple of morning doves hanging around and a kizzillon song birds. I want to build a small feeder on the fence behind the office and one on the fence outside the living room hoping to encourage them to stay around. 


Time to get to work!!