an improved brooder feeding apparatus for a poultry house which includes at least one feed distribution apparatus suspended in a designated brooder area inside the poultry house for locating feed along the entire length of the brooder area , with specially designed , valve - operated drop tubes in the feed distribution apparatus and brooder feed pans located beneath the drop tubes , for distributing feed through the drop tubes into the pans and feeding brooder poultry such as baby chicks . the feed distribution apparatus is further characterized by an elongated , hollow tube provided with an auger and a feed hopper located at one end of the tube for moving feed from the feed hopper through the elongated tube and the drop tubes to a feed flow control box located at the opposite end of the feed tube . feed distribution through the brooder feeding apparatus is controlled by valving the openings in the drop tubes and by means of a timer , an air cylinder and a microswitch provided in electrical connection with a drive motor which powers the auger . a method of feeding baby chicks in a poultry house which includes the steps of providing a specific brooder area in the poultry house .