I would go for goats for milk, they eat pretty much anything and are cheaper and are good milk producers and the excess goats can be harvested for meat on the male side save some for breeding of course and they are darn cute. And a small sideline could be selling goat cheese and butter not used by the family for drinking milk.<br/><br/>As for her work I'm planning to make ,like I said, cures for common ailments and conditions to those of other areas of the "county" when they come in once she gets better at medical preparations. Right now she tends those in the village and surrounding farms and she can make a good living once she can get her own place. On the map she could also hang herbs in the barn above where animals can eat them in the hayloft from the ceiling. I can make use of her home if nothing common farmers are practical people using every space to make money.<br/><br/>I did want to bring something up wouldn't barter be more common than coin, most people in Colonial America would often ,if say having a business or skill, offer some coin and credit (barter) for services say fixing a roof a dressmaker might say give them half the payment in money and half shop goods and services. It must be pretty common in this setting coin is likely something flexible and barter not but could be damned useful if the barter is of value for a later time to the person and many in the community will have good skills and offer other things of value.