Transportation costs associated with poultry litter disposal limit distribution of poultry litter to nutrient-deficient areas. Compressing poultry litter into bricks offers an efficient alternative to transporting the bulky material. Little is known regarding the effects of densification on nutrient availability from poultry litter. A laboratory study was conducted to determine potential mineralization of carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) from compressed poultry litter bricks compared to raw litter. Poultry litter having a moisture content of 35-38% was compressed into 30 cm x 30 cm x 20 cm bricks. Incubation treatments included: 1) poultry litter bricks, 2) raw poultry litter, and 3) soil only. Litter treatments were mixed into a Lucedale loam (fine-loamy, siliceous, subactive, thermic Rhodic Paleudult) (0 to 15 cm depth) from the Monroeville, AL area. Treatments were incubated for 30 days at 25^oC. Total C, total N, ammonium (NH₄-N), and nitrate (NO₃-N) were measured in the soil and litter prior to incubation. Respired carbon dioxide (CO₂-C), NH₄-N and NO₃-N were measured at the end of the 30 days. Nitrogen turnover, N mineralization, microbial respiration, C turnover and the ratio of C:N mineralized will be discussed.