August 31, 2023
The island nation of Bermuda has an estimated 20,000 feral chickens, responsible for up to $100,000 in annual crop damage, plus untold hours of lost sleep from feral roosters crowing.
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How Mike the Chicken Survived Without a Head
On September 10, 1945, Lloyd Olsen was beheading chickens for market on his family farm in Fruita, Colorado, when one of the decapitated birds picked itself up and started running around the yard, still very much alive. Olsen put the chicken, which he named Mike, in a box on the porch and was
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