@tacothechicken This is the place you'd want to contact for import rules for Texas.
https://tvmdl.tamu.edu/testing-information/poultry/pullorum-typhoid-office-contact-information/
https://tvmdl.tamu.edu/testing-information/poultry/pullorum-typhoid-office-contact-information/
Hens go broody when you don’t want them to… and won’t go broody when you do. 
we have 6 dogs too so we plan to be living in an unrestricted area either way which is why we want to bring the birds