chickens

[gerkin]

Can chickens live without heads ?

[B00]

Apparently yes they can for a few minutes. However I've dug this out, might interest you?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_the_Headless _Chicken


errr not thinking of testing this theory out are you?

[horsestache1]

Get a grip

[FISHFACE]

yes! in my office at the moment, 20 of them!!!

[RATTER15]

That article is to weird and inhumane!! Generally speaking the answer is no!! however they will attempt to fly and run around but that's simply nerves that have not yet died, this can go on for a few minutes.

[Cetti]

RATTER is right, I remember as a small child watching in horror when my uncle killed chickens. They would do a grotesque dance of death around the farmyard for what seemed like hours. He tried to reassure me by saying they were dead but that the nerves were still hanging on.

All my nightmares have returned.Ugh!

[fatmanlevi04]

BOO, that was so sad but hopefully true ooaaahhh...

[B00]

Yeah Mike the Chicken was a real chicken fatmanlevi.

[wildwood]

Well, there goes my faith in Wikipedia as a reference library.
The ear of a chicken - as with all birds - is inside the head so it is impossible to remain seperate from the head. It is also impossible for a headless chicken to walk, as their balance organ is no longer there. It is a bogus story.

[B00]

nope afraid it's not wildwood- if you type it into Google, it will bring up God knows how many references to him, sadly (for him) Mike DID exist.

[B00]

One here for example, he's in the Guiness Book of Records.

http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/content_pa ges/record.asp?recordid=54463

[Andy2306]

i agree with BOO. Most ppl beleive its a urbanmyth because they havent seen it for themselves. but just because u cnt see, hear, touch or taste. doesnt mean its not there

[Cetti]

This is no urban myth.

As I said I saw this happen many times as a child, not from choice but sheer accident - and of course being nosey.

Wikipedia is good but shouldn't be taken as gospel.