🐔 The Astonishing Legend of Mike the Headless Chicken
Do you know??
Sometimes, the truth is stranger than fiction. In September 1945, on a small farm in Fruita, Colorado, a farmer named Lloyd Olsen was preparing chickens for dinner. With a swift swing of his axe, he thought he had ended the life of one bird. But instead of collapsing, the chicken staggered to its feet and began walking around.
The farmer and his family were stunned. By the next morning, the bird was still alive, clucking faintly and trying to peck the ground. Lloyd realised that his axe had missed the jugular vein and left most of the brain stem intact. Against all odds, the chicken’s basic functions — balance, breathing, even attempts at feeding — were still working.
The family named him Mike, and soon, Mike became more than just a farm curiosity. Lloyd began feeding him with an eyedropper, carefully giving him grain and water directly…


