Would this terrarium make a (good) chick brooder?

[Aapomp831]

All at once!
The dust!

First batch or two in the house are fun tho.

Yes, all at once lol. Cute little a-holes

 

[Chickeria]

Update:
I cleaned and desinfected the terrarium and built a wired sliding frame to use instead of one glass panel to increase ventilation.
I got: brooder plate, chick food, grit, feeder, waterer, bedding (pine shavings and pine bark), sand, dried mealworms.
I need to get/make: puppypads, little lampshade (light bulb is a normal/old 40 Watt bulb of the times before LED, but according to my impression the light is a bit harsh and it is reflected from all the white walls), something to divide the space to make it smaller in the beginning so the little ones can find back the brooder plate easier.

 

[NatJ]

Looks good!

I need to get/make: ... something to divide the space to make it smaller in the beginning so the little ones can find back the brooder plate easier.

The divider could just a piece of cardboard, taped into place at each end.

After the first two days or so, it should be safe to let the chicks have access to the entire space.

 

[CHlCKEN]

Yes, all at once lol. Cute little a-holes

My allergies have a lot of fun when I raise chicks in the house.

 

[Chickeria]

Looks good!




The divider could just a piece of cardboard, taped into place at each end.

After the first two days or so, it should be safe to let the chicks have access to the entire space.

Thank you!
Ok I will take cardboard and tape it, thank you for your advice!

 

[Chickeria]

Update:
I followed NatJ's advice and made a room divider out of a piece of cardboard.
The 'little lampshade' became a big lampshade, because I didn't have access to a smaller one, but it works well.
My 12 bantam Silkie babies hatched on April 2nd and April 3rd and are all doing fine.
Here is a picture of them in their ex-terrarium-brooder from the first days:

Then I upped the space as far as possible (big lamp shade was in the way at one point):

The babies became more and more and more active and confident and there was no more danger one could get lost in space, so I took out the room divider already. So this is how it looks currently at the terrarium-babies:

I planned to switch from the puppy-pads (which really were great for the first days, but now pooping becomes epic and the little ones obviously would love to scratch) to pine shavings in the area of the brooder plate and pine bark in the other half.
I'm concerned they will eat some of the shavings - they don't get grit yet (I searched for chick grit but couldn't get it in my country), only their chickstarterfood.
I bought normal grit, but it is very heavy, I think it is only for adults?
They are bantams and very tiny, so I'm afraid to do something wrong regarding the grit.

I will update how the brooder works when they get older. At the moment it works really well, cleaning for example is easy.

Thank you again to everybody helping me making the old terrarium a safe and comfortable space for my chicks

 

[NatJ]

they don't get grit yet (I searched for chick grit but couldn't get it in my country), only their chickstarterfood.
I bought normal grit, but it is very heavy, I think it is only for adults?
They are bantams and very tiny, so I'm afraid to do something wrong regarding the grit.

I would just sprinkle in some of the normal grit, and see if they eat it. Chickens are usually a good judge of whether they can swallow something or not.

If the bag of grit has pieces in several sizes, they may be able to pick out the smaller ones to eat.

The babies became more and more and more active and confident and there was no more danger one could get lost in space, so I took out the room divider already.

Yes, they do reach that stage very quickly!

I think I see 12 chicks in one of the pictures--did ALL your eggs hatch? Wow!

 

[Chickeria]

I would just sprinkle in some of the normal grit, and see if they eat it. Chickens are usually a good judge of whether they can swallow something or not.

If the bag of grit has pieces in several sizes, they may be able to pick out the smaller ones to eat.



Yes, they do reach that stage very quickly!

I think I see 12 chicks in one of the pictures--did ALL your eggs hatch? Wow!

Hi NatJ thank you for answering and helping me again
I checked the package of the grit I purchased a little closer and it says it is suitable for chicken, quail, bantam quail and finches. It does have several sizes. So I will sprinkle a bit around and see. But I bet they will eat it, they peck at everything laying around.

Yes they develop SO fast. Tomorrow I will have to put some things to jump on and to examine and explore for them into the brooder, I can see they start getting bored.

Yes, it is one of the rare pictures showing them all
I ended up ordering 15 eggs, and 12 hatched, I know I am lucky.

I got so many informations about problems with shipped eggs. Even the person who lent my friend's incubator before me and brought it over to me said I should order more (he suggested 20, he was disappointed with the hatchrate of his shipped eggs, and his eggs even didn't have to cross a border between two different countries like mine).
I dared to order three eggs more because they are bantams, I wouldn't have dared order more than 12 if they were standard size to be honest.
I have already a giant cardboard box as a 'plan B' if the terra-brooder becomes too small for my 12 babies.

 

[Cecisflock]

sand, dried mealworms.

For what??

I bought normal grit, but it is very heavy, I think it is only for adults?

They are prob good go ahead and feed it

 

[Chickeria]

For what??

They are prob good go ahead and feed it

Hi Ceciliasflock I purchased sand for them to bath in, it is for poultry and has some grit in it (and some anise which insects like flea etc. apparently don't like).
I purchased mealworms as a treat for when they are a little bit older.

Yes I will feed them some of it.