User blog comment:Mkcstealth/Necromancy in Skyrim?/@comment-89.244.110.251-20111023232015

It's been comfirmed in one 3-Hour Hands-On that there is a "Raise Zombie" Spell in Conjuration Magic School. You can use it on any dead being to turn it into a Zombie. In the Video he used Raise Zombie on the chicken, so it turns into an undead chicken.