Flippin' Bills Giant Chicken

Delano, Minnesota, United States

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A seven-foot white fiberglass chicken with spread wings stands at the corner of Highway 12 and County Line Road SE, beside the Flippin' Bills gas station and convenience store in Delano, Minnesota. The Hanson brothers brought it to the store in the late 1980s.

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Site-level location · 45.0349° N, 93.7670° W

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Delano's gas station chicken is a seven-foot fiberglass bird with its wings spread wide, and it has watched Highway 12 traffic since the late 1980s. It stands at the corner of Highway 12 and County Line Road SE, at the edge of the parking lot at Flippin' Bills, a gas station, convenience store and truck stop.

The statue's story starts with two brothers. According to the business's own history, Jon Hanson opened a Tom Thumb store in Delano in 1977 and added fresh broasted chicken in 1980, and in 1987 he rebuilt the store on the site it still occupies. Jon became known as Chicken Jon and his brother Bill as Flippin Bill, who flipped burgers at Saturday grill-outs from a small shack added in 1991.

The business dates the chicken to 1989. It says the brothers stopped for lunch on a road trip, saw large fiberglass animal statues across the road, and Jon suggested the store should have a chicken. A 2011 Delano Herald Journal article, quoted by Power 96 in 2021, gives 1987 and says Jon found the statue in Wisconsin; Bill Hanson told WJON in 2017 it came about 30 years earlier. Its maker is not known.

Bill bought the store from his brother in 1998 and renamed it Flippin Bills. He told WJON that the chicken had been in the Fourth of July parade and that in summer someone was out front taking its picture every day. The business says it has also appeared on the Ellen show and is listed on RoadsideAmerica.com.

The Delano Herald Journal reported in April 2025 that Hanson sold the business in December 2023. The new owner renamed the kitchen Clucky's Kitchen, a name tied to the chicken. In April 2025 the kitchen closed at 6 p.m.

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The chicken is visible from the edge of the Flippin' Bills lot, and there is no admission. The same site has fuel, a deli, a kitchen and free truck parking. The business's website lists store hours of about 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. on weekdays.

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At the corner of Highway 12 and County Line Road SE, at the edge of the Flippin' Bills lot, 8045 County Line Rd SE, Delano. It is outdoors at a business and visible from the road.

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