Mike, the Headless Chicken, was a male Wyandotte chicken who survived for 18 months after being beheaded. Despite losing his head, Mike still achieved national fame until his death in March 1947. Every May, in Fruita, Colorado, the United States, an annual "Mike the Headless Chicken Day" is held.
New Delhi: Ever heard the phrase – Running around a headless chicken. The phrase is used to describe a person who is running around and stressing for no real or without a good reason. If you have heard the phrase, this has arisen from the situation when a chicken was beheaded.
This article tells us more about the chicken, Mike, who survived without a head for 18 months. The chicken continues to run around with an image of random fashion. Mike: The Headless Chicken Mike, the chicken, lost his head in 1945 and then ran around.
In 1945, his owner, Lloyd Olsen, in Fruita, Colorado, fetched Mike to turn him into dinner. But, as he swung the axe, it missed the jugular vein and left the brain stem in place. He did not die as the blood clot prevented him from bleeding to death.
As there was no head, the brain stem kept him functioning, and Mike could still strut and peck for food. Olsen did not swing again and kept the chicken alive by feeding him liquids and grains through an eyedropper. Soon, Mike became a national phenomenon.
He toured the country in sideshows and was featured in Time and Life. But he could only live for 18 months until he reportedly choked to death. How did Mike become.
