A combination of found and directly carved forms gathered together to convey a message typifies many of Gachot's works. In Chicken’s Lament, 1982, hand-painted letters on the side of a crate supporting a gigantic nesting chicken announce: “Wanted, Col. Sanders, Frank Perdue, Chicken’s public enemies 1 & 2.” Gachot’s chicken moves up and down while Colonel Sanders barely manages to hold on to the rope around her neck. She offers a dozen eggs for the capture of her enemies, and the Colonel indeed seems to be getting the worst of it. 

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— Franklin Hill Perrell, from "Richard Gachot: An American Original"