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That should work fine, as long as the flock can see the newcomers and the newcomers have some space to move around. Goal isn't to have all the birds love one another, just tolerating is fine. As long as everyone can eventually co-exist without injury or resource guarding, I consider it a success.

Sometimes it's easy and the flock accepts newcomers, other times it's not. I figure it's safest to assume the worst - that they won't accept them, and be pleasantly surprised if/when they do - than hope for the best and end up dealing with injuries.

Sounds like you at least did quarantine (and if not, it's a moot point now anyhow). Start over with see but no touch by dividing the run space with chicken wire, hardware cloth, whatever you have that can securely contain the new birds, and plan on 1-2 weeks of that to start, so the birds can...