EJ does have a point that sexing juvenile redfoots is hard.
While I think that it is complete baloney that cherryheads are a dwarf race, they do generally develop secondary sex characteristics at a smaller size than other redfoots. After having seen literally, a couple thousand of them over the years, I have found that males begin to show adult features at around 5.5 to 7 inches. Some show when even smaller, others don't begin until larger. In time males grow to be as large as 14 inches so a 'female' might surprise you at 9 or 10 inches and 'turn into' a male.
But, I have never seen what appears to be an obvious male, turn out to be a female. In this case (to me) you have an obvious young male just begining to show adult characteristics.

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• Opinions needed...male or female??? - kellywood23, Thu Feb 9 20:33:43 2006
• RE: Opinions needed...male or female??? - egyptiandan, Thu Feb 9 20:56:44 2006
• male - mayday, Fri Feb 10 05:38:23 2006
• RE: Opinions needed...male or female??? - EJ, Fri Feb 10 09:19:15 2006
• RE: Opinions needed...male or female??? - kellywood23, Fri Feb 10 10:14:04 2006
• RE: Opinions needed...male or female??? - EJ, Fri Feb 10 10:51:36 2006
• RE: Opinions needed...male or female??? - kellywood23, Fri Feb 10 11:18:51 2006
• Still say male but.... - mayday, Fri Feb 10 14:53:22 2006
• RE: Still say male but.... - zovick, Fri Feb 10 20:24:34 2006
• RE: Opinions needed...male or female??? - BarryL, Sun Feb 12 05:27:35 2006