Id say it would be better to get 100% flax. That way in 10 days you would have around 3k flax and your other resource gathered. And at 40 gp each you could turn them into strings and either fletch or sell them for a profit :P Thats what i did :)
Hmmm i prefer my ginger and white cat....or my slayer cat as he is called. The clock work ones look odd to me, plus you have no satisfaction of raising it.