Mike the Headless Chicken

Chickens aren’t the brainiest creatures on the planet as one Colorado family discovered. Their Wyandotte rooster, Mike, continued to preen, strut and eat for almost 18 months after losing his head on the butcher block. “Miracle Mike” toured the country with a two-headed calf and their promoter until his death in 1947. But his memory lives on. Fruita, Colorado, Mike’s hometown, continues to hold an annual “Mike the Headless Chicken Day.”