is it true that if you chop a chicken’s head off it will keep running round without a head?

Question: is it true that if you chop a chicken's head off it will keep running round without a head?
- Keywords:
  animal,
  biology,
  quirky
Asked by ruththeunicorn to Steve on 18 Jun 2013.
- Steven Gardner answered on 18 Jun 2013:
  
  I don’t know honestly, if it does I imagine not for very long!
  
  I do remember seeing on QI something about a chicken that lived for years without a head, because enough of the brain stem was left for it still to function. clicky linky
  
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_the_Headless_Chicken

Question: is it true that if you chop a chicken's head off it will keep running round without a head?