In April, as part of Austin's first Funky Chicken Coop Tour, she hosted 637 visitors.

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If you want to see how it's done, watch Billy "White Shoes" Johnson's "Funky Chicken" on YouTube.

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Mr. Ortiz handed a British tourist, whose contribution was entirely voluntarily, his bell, the gentleman ringing it with gusto, even joining him in the Funky Chicken.

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It staged a 2011 flash mob that included a funky-chicken dance at a minor-league baseball game in Visalia, Calif.

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