Well, I wouldn't normally advise chicks for a very beginner... but hey! I got my first chicks only a month after my first POLs
How many chicks are you getting? and how far will they have to travel from the hatching place to your house? You will need a shallow cardboard box (with lid) in which to transport your chicks first of all.
You will have to have your brooder set up and up to temperature befor you introduce your chicks. The brooder will be better in a place with a stable temperature, and free from draughts - I use my spare room for the first four weeks.
I've found using a big plastic box is suitable for the first week/s depending on how many chicks you are getting
Using a suitable heat source (e.g. infra red lamp) for the first week, the temperature underneath the lamp should be 33-35*C, and you should decrease the temperature 2-3*C every week for 5 weeks, when you can then start to turn off the heat during the day and just keep the heat on at night. At this time you can start to harden off your chicks by putting them outside, in a secure pen with food, water and shade) for a few hours during the day and bringing them back in at night.
For the first 6-8 weeks you should feed a chick starter, which is specially formulated for little chicks, and then you can move onto a grower pellet. When to move onto layers is a bit of a contentious issue, but I prefer to keep my chickens on growers until they have laid their first egg, before transitioning to layers.
Of course fresh water should always be provided, and once the chicks have got their feet i stringly suggest getting a suspendable watere, otherwise you will be cleaning it out three or four times a day! - same with a chick feeder. If they can't poo in it, it will make your life easier.
In my brooder I usually use dust extracted shavings or aubiose, and for the first week I cover it with kitchen roll. This is so easy to whip out and replace, and can be composted (if you are of that mind). ONce the chicks know what their food is, they are less likely to try and eat the bedding, so after a week I let them go directly onto the shavings/aubiose.
I'd advise you to pick each one up every day to check them over, make sure they are not "pasting up" (this is where the faeces stick to the down/feathers, and can end up covering the vent. When this happens the chick cannot eliminate, and this is life-threatening).
Oh, one more question... are your chicks sexed (or sexable), or are you getting "straight run" i.e. as they hatch. Do you know what you will do with any resulting cockerels?
I love little chickes, though I do get tired of the DUST they make!