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Mine can hop up 16" with no wing action.

They could probably fly up there....but a step up halfway wouldn't hurt.

A pic of the open panels would help...will you be able(or want to) to open those in winter too?

Yep, that's a challenge! Slant and spacing keeps birds from pooping on the ones below. Ladder style can fit more birds, but there are draw backs.

More space is always better. Always help to have places 'out of line of sight' for new birds to 'hide'....good to put feed and water there too. But adding new birds as chicks is the easiest, IMO, once you have a brooding area set up...

If egg production is your game, then you might want to plan on having a brooding area right in the coop. Integrating little chicks is far easier than adding them when older. You'll want to add new birds early each year if you want winter eggs.

Let's not.

How much bedding is going in there? My 15 do about 3 gal in a couple weeks.

Gonna be hard to manage the poop from 80 chickens. That would be a lot of cardboard to change out every day or three(I imagine the odor would get yah after that long). I love my poop boards, sifted daily poop goes to a friends compost, but I only keep 15-20 birds and would not want to manage...

You'll do fine knowing those two things! ;)

No, while free ranging....and then you might want to confine them for a time.

...and predator events.