Do I remove unhatched eggs from under broody with chicks?

[Ckcarlisle]

I just had a big hatch of silkie chicks - 4 setting hens with a gazillion eggs - so far 25 chicks. The first one hatched last Saturday, and between Sunday when I left for a quick road trip to Massachusetts and my return on Monday afternoon, an additional 18 had hatched. At this point (Wednesday), I have a total of 25. Everybody is all mixed up (I hadn't separated the setters out from the flock, just left them happily setting on the floor of the hen house), chicks are everywhere, and moms are busy teaching chicks to eat, drink and scratch. I'm assuming that there will be no further hatching, so do you think it's safe to remove the remaining eggs? I had found and discarded a few partially hatched or pipped eggs that didn't seem to have any sign of life, and a couple definitely dead. I'd hate to throw away a viable egg, but I also want to get them better organized before they go into brood mode again. Real nest boxes instead of the floor, yada yada yada. They went broody almost as soon as I'd brought them home so I didn't have a chance to make arrangements beforehand.

As a sidenote, when I went out just now, there are 2 girls setting on the unhatched eggs. Is this meaningful or not?

 

[Ckcarlisle]

Wow!! That’s a lot of babies