Hi folks,
I am new here. My first post today.

I am not new to figs; I have a mature DK that I planted 15 years ago in my backyard but I am definitely new to pushing the boundaries of figiculture as it appears most of the folks here are doing.

Anyway, I took a plant propagation class last week at a nursery near us (raintree nursery) They gave us numerous cuttings to take home. I also picked up several other cuttings that were recommended to grow well here in the pacific northwest by Michael at Burntridge nursery, also nearby.

In about a week after planting the cuttings, I am noticing breba figs on most of the cuttings I got from both places. There are also some patches of green but the breba figs far outnumber the actual growing buds.

The varieties I am seeing the breba figs on (so far) are: Violetta, Petit Negri, Grantham's Royal, Nordland, Mary Lane, Pastilliere 

Do I need to knock off the breba figs so as to allow the plant to grow the shoots with more energy? Are the figs a bad sign? Does it mean that that particular bud will not grow shoots any more? In  some cases, I see breba figs on ALL nodes so I hope that is not the case.

Thanks all!

I have left them on and taken them off.  As long as the roots are doing well, I think you will be fine.  I do recall a couple of instances where I removed breba from newly rooted fig trees and it resulted in shocking the trees.  They stopped growing and dropped almost all/ all their leaves. Once the tree recovered, the other time I had to re-root the cutting.  Now I just leave them on there. 

Is this a new cutting or a small tree from a cutting. If its just a cutting i would cut them off.

Cut em off with exacto knife

Agree with Richie here-best to concentrate on roots and growth at this time. If you have extra to play with and leave one on a few cuttings it may not harm it, but cuttings can fail for numerous reasons, why take a chance at sapping stored energy from the essential growth now

An exacto knife or razor blade or toenail clippers or my fingernails. All are effective :)

Thanks all! I will prune these out as soon as my wife sees them!

Not to be finicky but I wouldn't cut them off since they bleed & probably lose some energy.

However if you wait a little while you can pinch the little figs with your fingers and twist them off.  They don't seem to bleed as much that way. 
The cutting can then get back to growing roots & leaves.