Thanks for that tip. I just assumed that, like all the other mothers, a nursing chief would do nothing else. I have just been timing it so that she would not be nursing when the time came for the 24hr duties. And as 1 of my 3 villages seems to eat alot, this will be very helpful during their down time. LOL----Arnie, this village is the one with my pearl-runner. I wonder if she is the reason for the sudden drop in food?