Headless Cock

[Brigandier]

Most of us have heard the phrase, "running around like a chicken with its head cut off"

So just how many of us have witnessed chickens running around with their heads cut off?

 

[PottedMeat]

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

 

[HamburgerBoy]

When I was younger I used to think that I was uncircumcised because I had a tip. Now I know better.

 

[Brigandier]

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

Poor ax work

 

[moshquerade]

i have unfortunately

saw a neighbor who owned a farm butcher chickens one time. they do run around after their heads are chopped off.

i will say though, i never saw a rooster get its head chopped off as these were hens.
that would mean i have never seen a headless cock then so to speak.

 

[yhelothar]

Here's a "headless" cat.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPiLLplofYw

Basically the same parts of the brain is removed in relation to Mike the headless chicken.

Only the brainstem is left, which is shown to have all the neural networks that code for several basic movements, such as walking.

 

[cronos]

Yes, I have.

My grandparents had a chicken farm when I was maybe 3-5 y/o and lived with them.

Edit: And yes they're all hens though

 

[Brigandier]

Yes, I have.

My grandparents had a chicken farm when I was maybe 3-5 y/o and lived with them.

Edit: And yes they're all hens though

I was hoping to lure people into what they thought was a circumcision thread...

 

[Gigantopithecus]

I was hoping to lure people into what they thought was a circumcision thread...

Headless? That's poor surgical technique.

 

[Brigandier]

Headless? That's poor surgical technique.

"headless" because you'd have to be retarded to be circumcised

 

[Jeff7]

So I guess a headless cock is one that should get head?

 

[MagickMan]

"headless" because you'd have to be retarded to be circumcised

or two weeks old and you don't have a choice in the matter.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

So I guess a headless cock is one that should get head?

9/10. :thumbsup:

 

[arcenite]

I've been ignoring this thread because I thought it said 'Headless Clock'...

 

[HamburgerBoy]

I've been ignoring this thread because I thought it said 'Headless Clock'...

I can understand the concept of a faceless clock, but wat?

 

[arcenite]

I can understand the concept of a faceless clock, but wat?

I think you understand now why I thought this thread was not worthy of my presence.

 

[Brigandier]

I'm kind of surprised the poll has taken this turn, I figured ATOT for a bunch of city slickers.

 

[arcenite]

Do youtube videos count?

 

[Brigandier]

Do youtube videos count?

Only if you live your entire life on the internet.

I wouldn't say it counts, because real life is more than visual images and audio.

 

[arcenite]

Your location 'Great Frozen Wasteland' reminds me of the wasteland maps for TFC

 

[Lemon law]

Yes I have seen both hens and roosters being butchered and having their heads cut off on a farm. And yes both chicken sexes behave the same way, they run around without a head for awhile, maintaining decent balance meanwhile for 10 or 20 seconds.

Afterword, Plucking a chicken and getting their feathers off is an experience I never want to repeat.

 

[Brigandier]

Yes I have seen both hens and roosters being butchered and having their heads cut off on a farm. And yes both chicken sexes behave the same way, they run around without a head for awhile, maintaining decent balance meanwhile for 10 or 20 seconds.

Afterword, Plucking a chicken and getting their feathers off is an experience I never want to repeat.

We had a turkey fryer set up with near boiling water, a quick dip and aggressive reverse petting got the feathers off pretty easily.

 

[Raizinman]

I have witnessed this when our neighbors slaughter their chickens. What I have yet to figure out is why the headless chickens can do this? Think about this. Running around requires balance, brain impulses to the muscles, etc. If I had not known they run around without their heads, I would have guessed they would have fell over and perhaps wiggled their feet for a bit. But to do all these brain intensive issues, has puzzled me for quite some time. Especially when you see a chicken without a head fall over and get back up. How can they do this without a head?

 

[DrPizza]

I've done it once, just to show some of my son's friends why I don't do it like that - it makes a mess. Blood everywhere. More effective: I hang them upside down, they calm down really quickly. I stroke their neck softly to get them to relax, then using a razor sharp blade, I carefully make slits on their neck & allow them to bleed out. They never even flinch when I cut through those jugulars or carotids, or whatever they are. The blood just runs out into a bucket below them. (I don't want my yard to look like a Friday 13th setting) It would sort of be like going in for a blood donation, but they kept taking blood out of you until you passed out and eventually bled to death. You can even watch their eyes eventually shut as if they're falling asleep. It's probably about as painless as possible for the chicken, and it's more effective at getting the blood out of the meat.

Cutting their heads off and having them run around is just morbid. And messy.

 

[Brigandier]

I have witnessed this when our neighbors slaughter their chickens. What I have yet to figure out is why the headless chickens can do this? Think about this. Running around requires balance, brain impulses to the muscles, etc. If I had not known they run around without their heads, I would have guessed they would have fell over and perhaps wiggled their feet for a bit. But to do all these brain intensive issues, has puzzled me for quite some time. Especially when you see a chicken without a head fall over and get back up. How can they do this without a head?

The time I saw it, we were slaughtering about 25 chickens. Maybe 1 in 10 could actually walk. The others, they flapped their wings, kicked their legs and went in circles.

I think it depends on how close you get to a good chop.

All I know is that the dog and cat thought that the slaughter was the most interesting thing they ever saw. They'd sit by the chopping block and watch the chickens flap, walk, pirouette around. It almost seemed the pets were watching a sporting event.