On Colorado’s Western Slope, a headless chicken from the 1940s is still a beloved figure celebrated each spring. In 1945, Mike the Headless Chicken captured the intrigue of locals in his ...

On Colorado’s Western Slope, a headless chicken from the 1940s is still a beloved figure celebrated each spring. In 1945, Mike the Headless Chicken captured the intrigue of locals in his hometown of ...

Russell Klase, the owner of Reckless Brewery, states, “It being our first one, we didn’t really know what to expect. So it ...

The City of Fruita is hosting the 25th Annual Mike the Headless Chicken Festival starting Friday at the Civic Center Park in downtown Fruita.

Locals and visitors join together for live music, local venders, food trucks, car shows, eating contests and more.

March 31 - Mike the Headless Chicken is now the cock of the walk in downtown Fruita. A sculpture of Mike - the Fruita chicken that lived for 18 months in the 1940s minus his head - is being ...

Already the world has "Miracle Mike", the headless chicken of the 1940s, as an example. Earmarked for supper, the Colorado rooster met a bizarre fate when a poorly aimed hatchet took off his head ...