Mummifying Chickens!

This quarter in Social Studies we are studying Ancient Egypt. As part of our study we have talked about different ways people and animals are mummified. Before a few weeks ago, I thought that mummies were only the kind I have heard of in Ancient Egypt. Now I know that a mummy is any human or an animal that after it has died still has its soft tissues (skin, muscle and/or organs!) Two ways this could happen are when a body is frozen quickly or dries out quickly.

In order to understand the process better we are mummifying chickens! This past week we cleaned out our chickens, killed any germs with rubbing alcohol and then covered them in salt to dry out. They will dry out for the next month before we continue our project! Hopefully they won't start to smell!! :)