Coop space optimization, poop avoidance on feathers below

Note I edited this for clarity, about how many we have and that they free range all day.

A few years ago we bought this metal siding coop build on a 16' tandem utility trailer. It is now our main coop. The seller said he used to have 300 broilers in there. I don't want to even think about that.  We have about 80 birds now, many young, and sleeping in 2 coops. About 40 mature layers roost on the X frame roosts you see, to give the birds different heights and little or no poop drop from the tops onto the lowers. We only occasionally see poopy feathers.  All our birds free range all day once old enough.

But we want to expand our operation for coming hard times. I'm building a 3rd coop, but still my wife wants more birds in this one.  See trailer and X-frame setup in pics below. The wire floor is covered now btw, because it was giving the ladies bumblefoot.

I'm thinking of removing the X frames entirely, and going to 2 levels of 8' roosts on each side with an easy walk-thru aisle down the middle. This would give us 8 roost bars total, and I could offset them somewhat to minimize poop on feathers. But I reckon there will be a certain amount of "look out below" in the mornings. They have feed and water in there, natch. 8 roost bars x 8' would give the coop 64' of claw space, as it were.

What do y'all think?

Bumblefoot is basically an infection caused by the staphylococcus bacteria which enters the chicken's system through a cut, scratch, injury or a chafed and ...
Does any mesh cause the problem or just the type you have?

Hi Reno,
You can definitely fit more birds in there depending on the rest of your setup. I kept 30 birds in a 6ft x 6ft coop. All the roosts were on the same level, so no poop on each other. This was ok because they could get outside every day, and the coop was really only their bedroom. If the chickens had to stay in there for any reason, it would not have been big enough. If that were my coop, I would probably take the far end and put in a bunch of roosts going the other direction. Put two supports on either side coming down at a 45 degree angle (or whatever angle makes the most sense). Then add your roosts across and the chickens will stair step down and you should not have any poop on others. Since you said you covered the floor, I would put straw or shavings under the roosts on that end and make a small flip up door to easily get in and change out that bedding.

John C Daley wrote:Bumblefoot is basically an infection caused by the staphylococcus bacteria which enters the chicken's system through a cut, scratch, injury or a chafed and ...
Does any mesh cause the problem or just the type you have?

Our experience with any mesh under roosts has not been good. I reckon if they didn't jump down onto it, and it were small enough grid, there'd be no bumblefoot. We have brooders with very small mesh floor but no roosts to jump down from, and no bumblefoot.