Can chickens survive long after their heads are chopped off? (Image credit: Sol de Zuasnabar Brebbia via Getty Images) Many chickens meet their end with a swift blow to the neck. But there's lore that chickens can run around headless, and there were even news reports of a chicken nicknamed Miracle Mike who reportedly lived 18 months after a farmer tried ‪—‬ and failed ‪—‬ to kill it by cutting off its head. So can chickens really survive without their heads? The reality is that they can't live long that way ‪—‬ less than a minute, experts told Live Science. SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER (Image credit: Marilyn Perkins / Future) Sign up for our weekly Life's Little Mysteries newsletter to get the latest mysteries before they appear online. After decapitation, chickens commonly flap their wings and move their legs, said Dr. Marcie Logsdon , a veterinarian in the Exotics and Wildlife Department at Washington State University's Veterinary Teaching Hospital in Pullman, Washington.…