Farm fresh and packed in three convenient sizes of small, large and extra large are the selling points for two young egg entrepreneurs from Stafford County.
Erica Holmes, 17, and her sister Noelle, 15, are learning the ropes of income earning spending an hour each Thursday selling eggs on St. John’s square.
“I like the farm business,” Erica said. “I would like to have a good farm business of my own someday.”
The two girls do more than simply selling a few eggs on the street corner. With approximately 50 chickens and a goat business on the side the young business owners have their hands full.
“It’s fun having chickens running around the farm,” Noelle said. “We had one fall in the goat water tank and got hypothermia though. We ran warm water on it, and kept it warm and it is doing okay now.”
The girls care for their stock, but work them hard. With approximately 50 chickens they sell an average of about 11 dozen eggs each week.
They have mostly Red Star Sex-linked chickens, which lay a robust brown-shelled egg in small, medium and large sizes.
“We also have some Americaunas that lay green eggs,” said Erica. “We put a few of those in the cartons around Easter.”
The girls sell their eggs every Thursday from 10-11 a.m. on the northeast corner of the St. John city square. The eggs start at $1 per dozen with the large size selling for $1.50 per dozen.
Erica and Noelle are the daughters of Mitch and Michelle Holmes of rural Stafford.
