Homer still isn’t ready to go

Homer is much better and we are letting him out of his cage so that he can fly around.  He’s a lovely bird and, as he’s a racing pigeon, he is used to being handled.    As he’s been on the sick list for a long time he needs to build his wing muscles up and get ready for the big flight home.   Whilst he’s walking he lifts one of his legs up – it still hurts, so that’s it, he isn’t ready to go yet.  A small improvement every day but he needs to be fully fit before he takes his 100 mile flight  home.