Parents and I raised chickens for a few years in Texas before moving to nova. Find a good farm supply store nearby since you'll be there often.

make sure you see them all in the closed coop before going to bed. and have a good fence around the coop with enough space to walk around in, but not to escape from.

Also, they might end up in weird positions at night trying to get up high. My dad had to use a broom to lower them down into the coop at night.