Quote Originally Posted by DVirginiana View Post
That chicken didn't have the entire head cut off. The 'executioner' missed the brainstem, which controls basic cardiopulmonary functions and movement. It would have died within a day or two if some weirdo hadn't kept the wound from getting infected and tube-fed it grain
This. A complete decapitation (which is what happened when I butchered chickens) would not result in a bird continuing to "live".