Also when I am out in the yard they follow me all over, which I love, But when I turn to face them many of them kind of crouch or bow down, spread their wings slightly and do a funny type of dance, what is this all about Never seen it in all my years with chicks..
That's a mating / submission...
If you place your nesting boxes well ... i.e. safe area, lower than your roosts, and on the floor, or better, slightly above the floor (cleaner!) ... you're halfway there.
Add wood shavings or similar nesting materials, and "seed" with wooden eggs, plastic easter eggs, or golf balls, and they...