All the talk of miss use of the term "Pyle" I have lemon Pyle brahma they are dominant white, I've never had a blue chick putting one up with a dark patterned, I was only stating the breed that I have, we do use the term splash over in the uk so there's no confusion there.
I keep bait stations but eventually they no the deal, I move my sheds every so often and send the jack Russell in, or smoke them out there holes and let the jack Russell get them bit of fun for the dog but I seem to enjoy ratting too haha!
Yes I love the cockerel I've got to get rid of him soon as I'm keeping some of his chicks back got 30 young brahmas out of him also got 18 sablepoot chicks luckily had a good hatch rate this time round!
Talking about your good layers I have a buff brahma cockerel running free with a Lohman brown I put 2 of her eggs in the incubator and they are monstrous chicks so much bigger than the rest of there age, will be interesting to see how they turn out!
here is 3 of my flock the girls don't seem to like the look of my phone but he loves it! It's been stressful for them and me at the minute with redmite now the hot weathers here but we have won for now!