Do headless chickens run around? It's a cliche that is constantly repeated by the likes of Gordon Ramsey: > You are running around like headless chickens! !headless chicken source Also, for example, they do in South Park animations Do headless chicken run around? After all, why wouldn't they collapse?

Yes they do, or at least kind of do.

They move after decapitation in a kind of jumping-running-flapping motion, and can be seen in the videos getting out of containers, or traveling several dozen meters away.

Searching for "headless chickens run around" gives a bunch of YouTube videos. All depicting decapitated chickens running around, flapping their wings and jumping. Here are some examples:

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* A decapitated chicken running around in the yard until finally succumbing

* A decapitated chicken jumps out of a bucket and running around until finally succumbing

* Shows the decapitation of a chicken and then the chicken jumps around, and another chicken decapitated and then flapping while it's held down