You're getting lots of good food-for-thought from
@U_Stormcrow and it's good to talk with someone in your same general terrain and weather, because location makes a big difference in housing, feed and predator strategies, etc.
Best of luck in this journey. I personally had no idea how much chickens would change my views of the world, or all I would learn from them.
We have a lot of bears and bobcats, so we fenced off a 6,000 square-foot yard with 6' welded-wire + 3 lines of electric. They spend most of their time in this yard, and knowing their coops/runs are protected by an electric perimeter lets us sleep well at night. Brand wise,
this solar charger has worked great.
For a mobile bachelor yard and extra pasture space, we've used 2 brands of poultry net fences, RentACoop and Premier 1. Premier 1 has been stronger, easier to install, and overall better quality. Though our brooder heating plate from RentACoop has been great.
In Tallahassee recently, I went to a restaurant called
Backwoods Crossing. They have a little farm around back, with a run full of chickens including some of the prettiest Buff Brahmas I've ever seen. We have a couple Buff Brahma hens and love them. They lay smaller eggs (which I like), and they're calm and hardy and easy to handle, which is great for a chicken beginner. Anyway, I asked a farm employee where their chickens were from, and he said, "Somewhere in Georgia" and suggested to contact the owner by email to find out where. She never replied back to me, but I figured I'd share that tip with you in case you're looking for a chicken source and wanted to try emailing her through their contact us or something.
Note: wherever the Backwoods Crossing chickens came from, I'm pretty sure the chicks were straight run: there were a ton of roosters in this run. "Straight run" of course means you need to be prepared to house, re-home, or freezer-camp extra roosters, all of which is way harder than it sounds for most beginners.
Oh, and if you can get your husband to reduce his number of starting chickens, it might reduce your stress and increase your pleasure. Being able to focus on fewer birds in the beginning can help you master raising them. Just my 2¢, though. How you do it will be how you do it.