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Brooder plates are better than heat lamps for SOME purposes. Brooder plates are not better for ALL purposes. In my post that you quoted, I pointed out some situations when one is better, and some where the other is better. Don't waste your time dying on any hills. Just use the right tool for...

Some years ago (decades by now), heat lamps were the default. Brooder plates, and heating pads shaped into a cave-like space, are much more recent inventions. My impression is that brooder plates are mostly used by people new to chickens (so no previous experience) and by people who did use...

Yes, something like that. I would do it in stages: First stop the space heater but leave the brooder plate. Then a week or two later unplug the brooder plate but leave it in place so they can snuggle underneath. Then after a bit you can remove the brooder plate too, maybe a week or so after you...

I was assuming a solid floor to the "all wire" brooder. With a heat plate to hide under, and some bedding underneath, I would expect the chick to be fine. If there seem to be drafts, it could make sense to put cardboard on some sides of the cage during the first week or so, then watch the...

If it is inside a garage, I would not do that. The garage already protects the brooder from wind and from at least some drafts, and the brooder plate is not really going to heat the rest of the brooder no matter how much you close it up. I think the ventilation is more valuable than trying to...

Read the label or instructions for the brooder plate you have. Many of them say not to use it under some particular temperature (60 degrees or 50 degrees or maybe something else, depending on the brand.) You can use a space heater to heat that area of the garage, to get it warm enough to use...