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Mike the Headless Chicken (April 20, 1945 – March 17, 1947) [1] was a male Wyandotte chicken that lived for 18 months after his head had been cut off, surviving because most of his brain stem remained intact and it did not bleed to death due to a blood clot. After the loss of his head, Mike achieved national fame until his death in March 1947.
On September 10, 1945, Lloyd Olsen was beheading chickens for market on his family farm in Fruita, Colorado, when one of the decapitated birds picked itself up and started running around the yard, still very much alive.
Sep 9, 2015 · On 10 September 1945 Lloyd Olsen and his wife Clara were killing chickens, on their farm in Fruita, Colorado. Olsen would decapitate the birds, his wife would clean them up. But one of the 40...
Feb 19, 2024 · In the early 40s, a very special chicken entered the annals of poultry history: Mike, the miraculous bird that refused to die after being beheaded. Mike broke the unlikely record as the longest surviving headless chicken, having managed to survive for a whole 18 months without a head.
Sep 30, 2014 · But if that chicken is Miracle Mike, a chicken that actually spent 18 months without a head, the phrase takes on a new meaning.
Dec 7, 2016 · Featuring food, artisan booths, a 5k run, and a chicken wing eating contest, you can honor Mike the headless chicken in early June of 2017. If you can’t make that, a five-foot metal statue bearing Mike’s likeness can be found every day of the year on the corner of Mulberry and Aspen in Fruita.
Jul 26, 2021 · Also known as Miracle Mike, Mike the Headless Chicken was a plump, five-year-old cockerel when he was unceremoniously beheaded on 10 September 1945. Farmer Lloyd Olsen of Fruita in Colorado did...
May 30, 2013 · LIFE.com presents Mike the Headless Chicken's unlikely story, and the utterly unsettling pictures that can still shock today.
Feb 16, 2018 · Mike the Headless Chicken, also known as Miracle Mike, was a five-month-old male who lived a happy life on a farm in Fruita, Colorado. On September 10, 1945, Lloyd Olsen—the owner of the farm—and his wife, Clara, decided it was time for Mike to become a part of someone’s dinner, so he beheaded the animal.
Sep 10, 2015 · Mike the Headless Chicken, also known as Miracle Mike, was a five-month-old male, who lived a happy life on a farm in Fruita, Colorado. On September 10, 1945, Lloyd Olsen — the owner of the farm — decided it was time for Mike to become a part of someone’s dinner, so he beheaded the animal.
