Politicians Lick The Ax That “Did Mike (the Chicken) Good”

A KBYU documentary featured “Mike,” a chicken from Fruita, Colorado, that lived for 18 months, gaining six pounds after its head had been hacked off in 1945. The owner, Lloyd Olsen, indicated that many a politician has made a pilgrimage to his ranch, asking to lick the ax that “did Mike good,” in hopes that they, too, could achieve greatness without having the blessing of a brain. Guess whose pictures line his chicken coop?

Loren M. Lambert © April 30, 2010