Wow! You definitely want to see (and help) people like that succeed.
I have 4-H friends that raise rabbits, and ducks, so obtaining them is easy. Broiler chickens and turkeys I usually try to raise myself. So many people insist on feeding turkeys medicated feeds and providing no sunshine or greens. I got over the butchering fears when I was about 12 years old and took my mothers doubts as a challenge! (I had bought 50 broiler chicks - without permission! One of the things my mom had said to me while I was "getting lectured" was that they would NEVER get eaten, because no one would be able to clean them. I had to prove my mom wrong - just like a 12 year old.)
I buy my large stock for the freezer (beef, pork, lamb and goat) from local farmers in the area. I have to search all around to find what I want. I have an especially hard time finding grass fed beef, which I think is the best ever. Usually I buy from the farmer and he delivers my animal to the processor for me then I pick up the packaged meat and pay the processor later. It usually works out great. Last year I made a small animal carry rack for my pickup out of cattle panels fastened together to make a big (fills the whole truck bed) upside down box. I used a collapsible dog crate for a pattern so it will actually fold flat to store!
With my new crate strapped down to the pickup bed and completely tarp covered, I purchased two sheep last year. I kept them with a friend over a weekend (trading a few lamb chops) and then delivered them to the processor myself. It worked great! This should free up where I buy my small animals, like goats, lambs or even pigs.
Since I also have several friends who like beef and have a trailer I think I am even going to try to buy a "baby beef" this year. We have lots of livestock auctions within 100 miles of us and they often auction off feeder cattle replacements. These are young animals, raised on grass and ready to corn feed to fatten. Several people say buying one of these "replacement feeders" at about 650 or 700 pounds and taking them straight to the processor is just the ticket for great grass fed freezer beef. If I can just barter a couple of trailer rides and maybe a day or two in a stall for some of the beef, I will be in business!
I can only raise the turkeys and broilers by working a swap as well. My oldest daughter owns three acres near me. She has lots of animals, but no poultry. (scared of a chicken!)
I park my "Chick-Mobile" (see Beekissed's journal for a full description) mobile chicken coop on her pasture and in return I raise and process all of her chicken and turkey for the year in addition to my own. (She is my kid so this is probably WAY more than I would do for a barter to other folks) My chicken pen is usually located over a patch of dock weed, which ponies won't eat but chickens LOVE! This way I don't even compete for pasture.
Where I live I too am pushing the envelop with two big dogs and four hens.
so I had to by my holiday bird this year 
from a store!
