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Moon phases experiment; group data collection
Topic Started: Aug 29 2013, 03:23 PM (264 Views)
NeuBunny
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New string for those rabbitries wishing to contribute data to our test of the 'breeding by the moon' theory.

This theory states that breeding by the new moon produces does and breeding by the full moon produces bucks.
I will also take a look at data for any trends in litter size, peanuts, etc.
There seems to be a secondary theory floating around with regard to zodiac signs -- if we get a LOT of data I will try to take a look at those too.


To participate, add a post with the following data for each litter:

1) Date of breeding (if all you have is the birthdate, assume a standard 30 day gestation and calculate backwards for the breeding date)
2) Moon phase at time of breeding (see below for links to Mooncharts to look that up -- please don't make me look them all up myself!)
3) Breed (ok to include mixed breed as a category)
4) Litter size -- including any stillborns, peanuts, etc
5) Breakdown of litter
-- Surviving Bucks (survived to at least 8 weeks & gender certain - please note any split-P bucks),
-- Surviving Does (ditto)
-- Non-surviving Bucks (did not survive to 8 weeks but gender certain)
-- Non-surviving Does (ditto)
-- Non-surviving ? (did not survive, gender unknown or uncertain)

MoonPhases 1930-2023
Edited by NeuBunny, Aug 29 2013, 03:25 PM.
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NeuBunny
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5/21/2013 - full, minirex, 1 doe and 4 peanuts
5/21/2013 - full, Jersey wooly, 2 bucks and 1 doe
4/16/2013 - waxing quarter, French angora, 3 bucks and 2 does
1/14/13 - waxing crescent, Jersey wooly, 1 buck, 1 doe, 2 peanuts
8/31/2012 - full, Jersey wooly, 1 doe, 2 stillborn
4/25/2012 - waxing crescent, minirex, 1 buck, 2 does, 2 peanuts
1/23/2012 - new, Jersey wooly, 5 bucks, 1 doe
5/1/2011 - waning crescent (near new), Jersey wooly, 1 buck, 1 doe, 1 peanut
4/18/2011 - full, Jersey wooly, 3 bucks
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6/6/13
Waning crescent? (2 days before a new moon)
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2 surviving babies - one buck and one doe

3/3/13
Waning crescent (one day after a third quarter)
Tan
3 surviving babies - two bucks and one doe (the doe died later in life i think around 4mos of age but i think it was due to the heat)
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Here we go... This are my breedings in the last year. Might end up doing more but this is more than enough for the moment.


10/08/12 - Third quarter - 1 buck, 1 doe
10/08/12 - Third quarter - 2 bucks, 3 does
01/09/12 - Full? - 2 bucks, 3 does (2 froze at a day or two old)
03/09/12 - Waning gibbous - 3 does
13/10/12 - Waning crescent - 2 bucks, 1 doe
31/10/12 - Waning gibbous? 1 day after full moon? - 1 buck, 1 doe, 1 peanut, 2 DOA
04/11/12 - Waning gibbous - 1 buck, 3 does (2 passed at a few days old)
08/12/12 - Waning crescent - 2 bucks, 2 does (1 buck and 1 doe passed at a few weeks old)
05/03/13 - Third quarter - 1 buck, 2 does
20/03/13 - First quarter - 1 buck, 1 peanut, 2 DOA (ND doe and HL buck cross - troubles kindling)
20/03/13 - First quarter - 2 bucks, 2 does (1 passed)
22/03/13 - Waxing gibbous - 2 bucks, 1 peanut
30/03/13 - Waning gibbous - 1 buck, 1 doe, 1 peanut
03/04/13 - Third quarter - 3 bucks (1 passed at a few days old), 1 peanut
06/04/13 - Waning crescent - 2 bucks, 2 does (one passed at 5 weeks), 3 passed away before being sexed
22/05/13 - Waxing gibbous - 1 doe (passed away at a few days old), 1 peanut, DOA
01/06/13 - Third quarter - 4 bucks, 1 doe
20/06/13 - Waxing gibbous - 2 does, 2 bucks, 1 peanut, 1 runt
26/06/13 - Waning gibbous - 1 buck, 1 doe (born a day later), 2 peanuts, 1 DOA
25/07/13 - Waning gibbous (2 days after full moon) - 3 bucks, 2 does
25/07/13 - Waning gibbous (2 days after full moon) - 1 doe, 1 doe runt, 1 DOA
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NeuBunny
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sidd - What breed?
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So far data for 32 litters = 52 bucks, 45 does and 30 undetermined (peanuts, doa etc).

[wow, seems like a lot of kits not growing up - peanuts are so sad! - they also are going to make this analysis harder as they definitely factor into the stats on error]

Just 6 full moon litters = 8 bucks, 7 does and 9 undetermined
and 1 new moon litter = 5 bucks, 1 doe

[lol = with just 20% of the breedings falling on new/full moons, I think it is safe to say that most of the participants in this experiment so far are not deliberately breeding by the moon]

7 litters waning gibbous (just past full) = 8 bucks, 14 does, 7 undetermined
6 litters waning quarter (in between full and new) = 13 bucks, 8 does, 1 undetermined
5 litters waning crescent (almost new) = 8 bucks, 7 does, 4 undetermined

2 litters waxing crescent = 2 bucks, 3 does, 4 undetermined
3 litters waxing quarter (halfway in between) = 6 bucks, 4 does, no undetermined
2 litters waxing gibbous (almost full) = 2 bucks, 1 doe, 2 undetermined

Full and gibbous = 14 litters = 8 bucks, 22 does, 18 undetermined
New & crescent = 8 litters = 15 bucks, 11 does, 8 undetermined

[maybe the start of an interesting pattern - 1) breeders like full moons, 2) though far from statistically significant, so far we are running opposite the hypothesis that full moons produce bucks]

More data please!




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Whoops... when I first started typing that I closed the tab by mistake and forgot to mention breed the second time. :lol: Other than the one that says it's a HL x ND cross, they're all HL.
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thanks!

Not strictly necessary for the moon phases experiment, but if we get enough data, I'm curious to see whether it maybe holds for some breeds and not others.
Edited by NeuBunny, Sep 10 2013, 08:10 AM.
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Neu have you read this?
http://www.usc.edu/CSSF/History/2012/Projects/J1299.pdf

I thought of this thread when i saw it..
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Thanks! I had seen a couple of science fair projects along this line, but this one has more data (18 litters) than most.

I still want to keep going with our experiment - if folks want to keep adding data!

We are currently at data for 32 litters and 97 live kits (lots of small liters - heavily weighted towards dwarf breeds).

Edited by NeuBunny, Sep 27 2013, 09:07 AM.
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