Rubbish Mum or Mother nature?

Ethel my broody Salmon Faverolles hen has eggs hatching today. When I went to let my chickens out this morning Ethel was already up and about. While she had some food I looked in on the eggs to find two perfectly formed chicks, both had died and were stone cold, they were also on the edge of her nest. Do you think Ethel could be wondering what on earth those thing were and kicked them out?
There are five more eggs in the nest all cheeping away, really hope they make it.

Just wanted to add that this is the first time Ethel has been a Mum too.

as she is new to the hatching game she may well have thought once they are hatched then that is her job done. I had one like that who as soon as she bought her chicks back to the garden (she hatched them in the hedgerow somewhere) she ran off and abandoned them. Luckily I had another very broody hen who was an excellent mum so I slipped them underneath her and she raised them. You need to get a heat lamp or electric hen straight away for the other eggs.

It could just be that the chicks died anyway and she was off the nest for her morning constitutional. You'll probably never know. Good luck with the others - it sounds as though she is back on track

When the eggs are due to hatch it is best to put a little dish of chick crumb and water (with pebbles in) close enough for the broody.  This way she doesn't need to leave the nest and keeps her strength up.  I usually hold the water right up to her as they don't normally like to leave the nest.  They can get really thirsty in the warm weather.  Check if she has soiled the nest which will need to be cleaned up asap.

Congratulations on your new chicks, look forward to seeing photos of your hatch and Mum of course. 

Unfortunately she  has been a very suborn broody, she had her own food and water but would not use it, preffering to pace up and down until I let her out. I gave in because she was crushing the eggs. So far from the 10 eggs we started with (she was covering them well) we only have 2 chicks and 3eggs left.  I wont let her hatch again next year.

Ethel is now up and about with her 2 little chicks and given up on the other eggs. The eggs were a mixed bunch of lf, I think we ended up with an Ixworth and a Marans in the end.

The first time I let 2 of my hens hatch eggs, they both turned on the chicks and attacked them, we managed to rescue the chicks and had them in a box with a heat lamp. 2nd time round they seemed to have learnt and we didn't have a problem.

I do need to take pics don't I, sorry for being so slack.  
Sadly Ethel is not such a great mother, she seemed to of squished the Ixworth chick. So only the Marans chick is left   It seems to be doing well though. I have defiantly decided never to use her for hatching again, so disappointing.