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On September 10, 1945, farmer Lloyd Olsen of Fruita, Colorado, United States, was planning to eat supper with his mother-in-law and was sent out to the yard by his wife to bring back a chicken. Olsen chose a five-and-a-half-month-old Wyandotte chicken named Mike. The axe removed the bulk of the head, but missed the jugular vein, leaving one ear ...
Fruita is known for Mike the Headless Chicken, a chicken who lived for 18 months after his head was cut off. Lloyd Olsen, the remover of Mike's head, continued to give him food and water with an eye dropper. He grew to be almost 8 lb (3.6 kg). Mike went on to tour the country as a side show. A festival in his honor is held each May in Fruita.
Carlos Delgado of If-magazine said the episode included many excellent moments, including the headless chicken method of making economic decisions, but otherwise felt "Margaritaville" was not as strong as previous episodes like "The Ring". Delgado said, "Maybe I'm too depressed about the current economic situation, who knows, but although ...
Susan Morrison's biography of the late-night comedy producer is also the history of a pop culture institution, now marking its 50th year.
1947 – Mike, American Wyandotte chicken, lived 18 months following decapitation (h. 1945) [71] 1949 – Aleksandra Ekster, Russian-French painter and set designer (b. 1882) 1956 – Fred Allen, American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and author (b. 1894) 1956 – Irène Joliot-Curie, French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
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Birds portal; Mike the Headless Chicken is part of WikiProject Birds, an attempt at creating a standardized, informative and easy-to-use ornithological resource.If you would like to participate, visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.