No, that's not it. These are really tiny - like the size of spider mites or fleas. Hopefully it was just a hatching thing because today I didn't see anymore.
I always have two plastic milk jugs filled with water near my coop. Yesterday morning then again today, the jugs were CRAWLING with these tiny little black bugs with little antennas. They were climbing to the jug opening and drowning in the water - the surface of the water was black! These...