Forage crops for fresh lambed ewes

Gulli

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Livestock Farmer
Location
Somerset
My turnout paddock is looking a bit worse for wear this year, probably not helped by digging half of it up to out a shed on, but anyway.

Wants a reseed to clean it up and I'm pondering the idea of putting in something like plantain or chicory or a mix that can be grazed straight after lambing.
It's heavy wet clay, but won't be doing anything with it until the autumn at least as I'm lambing in a weeks time and it'll be grazed on and off through the summer

Is there anyone that does this? Is there anything should look out feeding ewes at this time?
 

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