You will need a fence to keep the chickens in and predators out.
You will also have to put a shelter out in the chicken yard. A place where they can run and hide when the hawks come calling.
My advise is to go down to your local farm and feed and buy a few cheap chicks and a bag of pullet feed.
These will be your "practice chickens".
You are going to make a lot of mistakes, better to do it with a chicks you paid fifty cents for than chicks you paid $15 for.
Seriusly thinking of getting a couple just because the city dropped the ball on their banning them 8 years back. Lied about it and just got caught with their pants down on it.
I like eggs. Have a fenced in back yard and a garden shed a.k.a.-”coop”. Would need to make some chicken runs to keep the French Bulldogs safe.
My Dad’s condo in Florida strugung fishing line above the pool. It kept the birds outa the pool. Might work for hawks?