Patent ID: 6942883

Claim:
A process for enhancing commercial poultry operations, comprising: supplying a space, the space having a floor area; placing bedding litter onto the floor area, the bedding litter including citrus byproduct from expressing citrus juice from citrus fruit, the byproduct including citrus peel flake component and being in a dried state, the bedding litter has between about 10 and about 100 volume percent of the citrus byproduct, and up to about 90 volume percent of a secondary bedding component other than said citrus byproduct; providing poultry in the space and onto the bedding litter, and feeding the poultry; and removing the poultry from the space and noting a quality characteristic of the poultry, the quality characteristic of said poultry being improved when compared with the same characteristic of poultry placed upon a pine wood shavings bedding litter which is about 100 volume percent pine wood shavings.