Thank you! I’m so glad I came here
I'm speaking from experience.
My in-town flock a number of years ago was mixed so when I moved to this property I got a mixed flock. But then I fell in love with the Blue Australorps that I'd gotten because the Delawares I'd gone for didn't come in and it was already late in the summer for chick purchases.
They turned out to be almost exactly what I like most about chickens. Completely by accident.