What are tiny round black bugs? Some type of mite?

[chickcritty]

I've heard of the red mites that infest chickens but what are these? I didn't actually find them on the chickens, when I opened the coop this morning the tiny black things were crawling on my sleeve. They are about the size of a poppy seed or slightly smaller.

 

[JennsPeeps]

That sounds like mites. My mites are black, not red. They can't bite humans (their biting apparatus is species-specific). Sevin dust, if you can still find it, will take care of the mites.

 

[annek]

When I was at Home Depot yesterday they had lots of it. I am in SC but where one has it most do too.

 

[chickcritty]

That's what I feared

I use DE inside the coop and run, but I'll check out the Sevin dust. Thanks for the replies