Apparently, you shouldn't count your chickens before they're hatched.
Well Duhr.
That's because it's IMPOSSIBLE!
Mainly because there are no chickens before they hatch. Chickens, before they hatch, are Eggs. So presumably, the proverb should be "Don't count your EGGS before they hatch, in case you fancy an omelette. or a fry up. or something".
Besides, even when eggs hatch, they don't hatch into chickens - they hatch into chicks, who grow into chickens. Roosters, Hens and Cockerels.
So, I respectfully suggest the proverb be amended to:
Don't estimate the accumulated total of poultry based on the quantity of available eggs, as some may be fertilised, some not, and some scrambled by poachers nicking the fish. It is also wise not to pre-dertemine the total quantity of your eventual fowl brood, as post-hatching evolution decrees some chicks will not survive due to the environ. With foxes and bears tearing up the chicken coops. Such variables make calculating your eventual totality of farmyard avian survivors quite indeterminate.
or something.
probably.
