May is Headless Chicken Month

Have you ever wondered where the expression, “running around like a chicken with its head cut off” comes from? Most chickens can still roam around for a few minutes without their head. This was well known in the United States during the 19th century. To date, the longest a chicken has survived without a head is almost two years.

The record goes to a chicken named Mike who lost his head 75 years ago in Fruita, Colorado.

On September 10th, 1945, Lloyd Olsen’s wife told him to go get a chicken from their backyard. Lloyd chose one of his chickens named Mike…