I believe it's the opposite.I don’t now much about the northern fowl mites. Only that they are even harder to eliminate than the red mites.
NFM stay on the bird.
RRM live in the coop structure.
Good post about mite ID by Lady McCamley:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/my-chicken-has-mites-now-what.1273674/page-2#post-20483008