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However, the point about breeding, the roosters will try and sneak ladies if they are all together. So when you want to hatch pure bred eggs, you will need to maintain those separations for a month before setting eggs. There must be something I am not getting. When I originally read your post...

oh well then, that changes things. I would let everyone out to free range... see how it goes. I would still have a plan B, but much better chance of this working, than if you had two flocks of less than 18-20 head.

This will be a crapshoot. There is a strong possibility that there will be very violent fighting. A very strong possibility. Roosters do not get the idea of either sharing hens or these are your girls and these are mine. To have multiple roosters in a flock, sometimes a father/son, a chick...