September 10, 1945.Rooster Mike: beginning of the second life.The farmer Lloyd Olsen was waiting for the arrival of Tiffany.In Colorado, it was decided to check out the parents, so with his wife, they decided to cook a good dinner in honor of her visit.And, of course, what table without baked bird?Moreover, the wife's mother was so fond of chicken necks!Lloyd, clutching an ax, went to the chicken coop.Today, the choice fell on a rooster named Mike.Olsen, a farmer, has repeatedly carried out the beheading procedure, so he confidently chopped with an ax, trying to hit as close as possible to the base of the skull, leaving most of the rooster neck.
Lloyd knew that after the chicken chop off her head, she can still be a few minutes, not only running, but also to fly, so he waited.The longer a farmer watching the behavior of a headless bird, the more his eyes "climbed on his forehead": after a series of chaotic movements cock Mike, as if nothing had happened, he returned to his former life: trying to peck grain, clean feathers.After recovering from the shock and laughed, Olsen decided to leave Mike alone, taking as a "victim" of another rooster.Imagine his surprise when, the next morning he found sleeping in a chicken coop with a headless bird stump under the wing ...
Since Lloyd sworn never to take care of a cock, every day more and more amazed at the length of the second abnormal life, this Mike.
Headless, but the famous!
Rooster Mike continued to live and Olsen diligently helped him in this: to feed milk from a pipette, small grains of corn.All the food he slips right in the neck.After a while, the farmer thought that such a miracle is unfair to hide from prying eyes.He set up his headless pet in the car and went to the University of Colorado, wanting to get comments about this existence.Scientists examining the "victim", gave the following explanation: ax blade went very well without hitting the carotid artery, a blood clot corked wreaths, thus rescuing the bird from blood loss.Most importantly - it has escaped much of the spinal cord that is responsible for most of the reflexes of the cock.By the way, left whole and one ear, so that his life was not so boring!
Meanwhile, Mike the headless rooster continued to live, recover and fledge.At one point, the farmer decided with the help of his birds to amuse the people and earn money.And he went on tour in the country.People lined up to watch the wonderful bird, laying out for the spectacle of 25 cents.Most famous cock Mike acquired through publications in various journals, the Guinness book.As a result, the price was set at $ 10,000.
headless rooster lived another 18 months.His death was unexpected and absurd: the night he choked on his own secretions, and "guardian" Lloyd did not have time to find the pipette to clear his throat.
sensational story about "The Amazing Chicken" has made such a strong impression on all farmers in the country, many of them tried to repeat the "feat" Olsen, head chopping dozens of chickens.But all in vain - the second such Mike no one and failed.
