Mixed Flock! Tell me everything!

We want a mixed flock, with all the fun coloured eggs! We’re currently getting :

2 barred rocks

2 Olive Eggers

2 Orpingtons

2 Azure

3 Brahma

((BRs, OEs and Azures are coming as 1 day old sexed chicks from a hatchery, someone local to me has eggs in the incubator of the Brahams set to hatch the same time we’re getting the chicks from the hatchery, Orpingtons we’re getting as pullets, hatched at the same time as our ones from the hatchery so they’ll be the same age, at the same time we’ll be putting the chicks outside.))

Does anyone have a similar flock? Tell me all about them!

What are some things we should know about having a mixed flock? We’re hoping for one of the Brahmas to be a rooster, and if they’re all hens we’ll also be picking up an Orpington cockerel when we get the pullets!

Tell me what you would choose between a Brahma rooster or an Orpington rooster! We plan to free range, so we’re hoping the rooster will help protect the flock a bit! We also have a small child, so we want friendly chickens!