Chicken skin or rash?

[Wyorp Rock]

If there's clumps on the feathers, you are right, they are nits (eggs). They are attached with a glue like substance.
If there aren't a lot, some folks pluck the feathers out, which I think would be uncomfortable.

Coconut oil applied to the nits can help you loosen them up and pull them off.

I'm glad you were able to i.d. the lice.