While fish meal can be a relatively inexpensive source of protein in animal feeds, it isn't desirable because the meat or eggs taste fishy. I think she was trying to ask whether you used a high quality feed for supplementing the free range feed-stuffs. Short answer, judging from how you treat your hens - no, you don't feed fish meal!

I've found that "farm fresh" works better than free range or organic as a label. People just assume that you feed your hens grains, fruits and regular chicken feed instead of expecting that you turn your chickens loose to run wild and go out into the forest to collect eggs and all that goofy stuff.
I also keep a feed tag handy so that I can tell people that I feed fruit, vegetables, pasture grass, and whatever is on this tag.
Also, I'm in zone9 CA to. Don't be afraid to refuse to sell to people who ask to many questions because around here, they are the ones that will sue over stupid stuff like believing they've been missled over a dozen eggs.

Thanks for your answers(-: Geez I would never have sold them to her if I would have known all that. I can't imagine someone suing over a dozen eggs. I have 24 girls and they are all my pets. I treat them like little princesses(-: I sell the eggs to pay for their food. So its not like I am trying to make a ton of money or anything. My regular customers really enjoy them. This lady just happened to put an ad on freecycle.com asking if anyone had eggs for sale. And I said I did. Guess you live and learn. Hopefully I never hear from her again(-:

I should clarify that I've never had a problem selling eggs. However, I work on a very large dairy and have been aproached by activists acting as visitors asking questions that in their mind there is no correct answer to that later went on to other operations and caused tons of damge and legal defense fees. So I'm a little sensitive to non farm types asking questions about my egg production. All I'm saying is make sure that you protect yourself becuase while most of your customers will love you, there is a chance that someone hates you for enslaving and exploiting helpless hens and will do whatever they can to destroy your evil sweatshop henhouse...Happy chicken farming and have a great day!