On Colorado’s Western Slope, a headless chicken from the 1940s is still a beloved figure celebrated each spring. In 1945, Mike the Headless Chicken captured the intrigue of locals in his hometown of ...

How long can a chicken live without its head? It’s a question that pops up from time to time in certain circles (whatever, you probably have cool friends) and the answer makes a lot of people ...

In another cheep bid for attention, the city of Fruita has announced that Mike the Headless Chicken will be running as a write-in candidate in the upcoming 2012 presidential election. Mike, the ...

Editor’s note: We originally ran this story in 2023 but thought you might enjoy reading about it again. We certainly did! What a bizarre story. In November 1904, a headless hen, intended to be someone ...