COLLBRAN, Colo. - First there was Mike the Headless Chicken, a rooster that survived for 18 months after having its head lopped off with an ax.



Now, western Colorado has a new chicken survival story, this one involving a man who claims he saved his fowl by giving it mouth-to-beak resuscitation.


Uegene Safken says one of the chickens in his young flock had gotten into a tub of water in the yard last week and appeared to have died.


Safken said he first swung the chicken by the feet to revive it. When that failed, he continued swinging and blowing into its beak.


"Then one eye opened. I thought it was an involuntary response," Safken said. The chicken's beak opened a little wider, and Safken started yelling at it: "You're too young to die!


"Every time I'd yell at him, he'd chirp," Safken said.


Mike the Headless Chicken survived a beheading in 1945 in Fruita, Colo. Afterward, Mike could go through the motions of pecking for food, and when he tried to crow, a gurgle came out. His owner put feed and water directly into Mike's gullet with an eyedropper.


Scientists examined the chicken and theorized Mike had enough of a brain stem left to live headless. He was a popular attraction until he choked to death on a corn kernel.






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HAHAHA Wild!!!

Swining it upside down blowing into it's beak... that image is priceless!

A chicken without a head can live for 18 months and have meaning for people, but we can't feel the same for innocent humans.

I wonder if the chicken feels gratitude for being saved. Dang I didn't realize that headless chicken had choked to death... sad.

But an upside-down swinging chicken with a guy blowing in it's beak will have me chuckling for a while now! Thanks!

Fabulous! Too bad about Mike but i'm sure with his popularity he had a good funeral.

Safken: You're too young to die!
Chicken: *chirp* (yes)
S: You're too young to Die!
C: *Chirp* (Yes)
S: You're too young to Die!!
C: *CHIRP* (YES, now stop yelling at me already!)

Boy, that man is really attached to his chickens!

Do chickens have 9 lives like a cat?
The guy is really attached to his chicken,huh?

Just wow...

Wouldn't Mike the headless chicken have bled to death? I mean, a ,lot of blood coes out from your neck.
That lucky chicken.

Well I guess this chicken must have meant a lot to the guy. Hopefully we see more of people saving animals after this!

Thanks for the visual! YUCK!!

Guess that answers the retort 'does a chicken have lips?'

(Fowl humor)