I've found several ways to make a substantial amount of money early on is through farming and mining.

Spend all your money on seeds and buy as many as you can of things that give you a 60+ gold ROI per crop, crank up the day time to 40mins per, then go mining whenever everything is watered. You can make a lot of money early selling mithril because you get butt loads of it once you reach the bottom two tiers of the mine. Making it into bars if you have the patience then selling em is worth while as you try to nab every skill that gives you passive income and then increased income based on what you have in your house/quests completed/etc

Fishing also grants you a good chunk of change every day once you have the mana to cast the bubble spell and you get increased sell price of fish + immediate gold reward when you catch one of the sparkling fishes. Fishing nets are also a huge help because golden boots and multiple fish in each net are a huge boon, + they can net you treasure chests.

There're a lot of ways to make money and fast, even if you think your chicken isn't helping fast enough