This is an opinion column. A chicken running around with its head cut off is a macabre curiosity. Even when a chicken literally loses its mind, the pressure of the ax triggers nerve endings in the ...

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 ...

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 ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. How do best remember a sixty-years-dead famous fowl? If you’re the tiny ...

What: For nearly 20 years, Fruita, Colo., has held Mike the Headless Chicken Days, a two-day festival in celebration of a chicken who lived for 18 months after his head was cut off. Sure, Mike was ...