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Yes, the story of Mike the chicken is true. because some brain and nerve endings survived the Axe. it is possible for a chicken to live for quite awile without a head, though 18 months, it may be an exageration.

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actually they stop living the instant yoi kill it but the chicken runs around for a few seconds till it realizes that it can't find his head because he got no eyes, the ax took them too so he lays down an dies. recent court findings reveal it is much more humane to simply break it's neck. this has been enforced in many states already an state inspectors say the floors in the slaughter houses are much less slippery.

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14y ago

Well as unbelievable as it may seem.
The Guiness World Record
Longest Surviving Headless Chicken is 18 Months!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_the_Headless_Chicken


he was on even on the cover of time:

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,776319,00.html

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12y ago

It can not live without a head. All of the movement the chicken makes after having the head severed is from nerves reacting.

^above answer is not COMPLETELY true^ Chickens CAN live without a head, but only for a few months. In order for them TO live, headless, yoü must chop off their head right above the medulla oblongata. The medulla oblongata controls breathing and heartbeats to keep the chicken alive. That means if the medulla oblongata and spinal cord are intact, your chicken will just lose blood instead of a life.

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16y ago

Only a few minutes because it would 'bleed out' and there is no brain function.

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I think it was something like 18 months.

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Yes.

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