Thank you all for your suggestions.. that i may have a boy on my hands... a few months have passed and in the early hours of this morning luckily at 7am (8.03.2016) my partner woke me up to hear the attempt of a crowing boy!!! We are very sad to have him get re-homed as you get rather attached to your chooks especially when you hand raise them from fertile eggs!! He is such a gorgeous boy and will be sadly missed!!