A Mummified Chicken: Part 1

Here is a picture of the chicken we are mummifying, two and a half weeks down the track. Thankfully, no rotting flesh. Remy, Ben and Jonti helped unpack the natron mix, clean, dry and weigh it.

Our headless Pharaoh Larry (name as voted by the boys) started at 1.599 kg and is now approximately 300 grams lighter. We know that humans are up to 60-70% water so we think the chicken may lose 700 grams eventually.
We then repacked it with a new mix and Larry is now sitting happily back on the display. We will look at him again in three weeks. Who wants Larry for the holidays?

Note: Always remember to wash your hands thoroughly after unpacking a mummifying chicken and then repacking it in its burial chamber!

We will post movies and a full write up of this later. Also check out our amazing "mummmy" poetry in each boy's blog. A visitor to our class exclaimed our thoughts were, "amazing poetry."