https://seraphimclubinternational.com/2011/12/31/caring-for-your-seraphim-pigeons/https://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/img_2000.jpgIMG_2000A bullet waterer perched high on a ledge.https://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/imgres.jpgimgresA gorgeous (and expensive) stone and tile dove cote.https://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/img_0110.jpgIMG_0110An 8x12 black-powder tubular steel dog kennel as aviary; note the door within a door, the birdbath, landing board under the windows, and ledge at the far end. The floor is covered with willow twig fencing.https://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/img_1999.jpgIMG_1999Compressed corn cob horse pellet bedding and Timothy grass hay, one example of an appropriate floor material for Seraphim.https://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/img_0538.jpgIMG_0538The "Lothar" perch attaches to the wall stud at an angle, the pedestal thus floating out from the wall leaving plenty of space and security for the Seraph.https://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/img_0367.jpgIMG_0367A little garden shed ready to be converted to a Seraphim loft.https://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/img_0650.jpgimg_0650A three and a half week old Seraph already demonstrating the expected show standards for perfection. Cute!https://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/img_0535.jpgSnow-White SeraphimA pair of Seraphim enjoying the sun, winter cold, and snow all at once!2026-04-02T13:02:04+00:00monthlyhttps://seraphimclubinternational.com/2011/12/26/18/2026-03-19T11:30:10+00:00monthlyhttps://seraphimclubinternational.com/2014/12/13/the-2015-seraphim-standard/https://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/scan1seraphimver3-e1509646313733.jpgscan1Seraphimver3The 2017 Seraphim Standard of Perfection as depicted in the NPA Book of Standards. https://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/20171007_122228-e1508195981996.jpgThe 2017 Seraph Standard of Perfection by Anya EllisThe 2017 Seraph Standard of Perfection by Anya Ellis. The culmination of thirty one years of breed development. https://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/get-attachment.jpgget-attachmentThe 2015 Seraphim Standard, art work by Anya Ellis, the creator of the Seraph. 2026-03-12T13:04:21+00:00monthlyhttps://seraphimclubinternational.com/2017/12/08/hand-feeding-baby-seraphim/https://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171014_154238.jpg20171014_154238https://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171006_155721.jpg20171006_1557212026-03-12T13:00:05+00:00monthlyhttps://seraphimclubinternational.com/2020/01/14/mosaicism-in-seraphim/https://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/20200114_145349-2.jpg20200114_145349https://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/20200114_145804-2.jpg20200114_145804https://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/20200114_145804-1.jpg20200114_145804https://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/20200114_145349-1.jpg20200114_145349https://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/20200114_145804.jpg20200114_145804https://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/20200114_145349.jpg20200114_145349https://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/20200111_150035-1.jpg20200111_150035https://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/20200111_150035.jpg20200111_1500352026-03-12T12:48:45+00:00monthlyhttps://seraphimclubinternational.com/2025/12/26/master-award-recipients/2026-03-12T12:43:49+00:00monthlyhttps://seraphimclubinternational.com/2013/11/19/seraphim-club-international-constitution/2026-01-08T19:30:02+00:00monthlyhttps://seraphimclubinternational.com/2015/01/11/sci-show-judges/https://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/20201113_184052.jpg20201113_184052https://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/20201113_184803.jpg20201113_1848032025-12-31T14:59:58+00:00monthlyhttps://seraphimclubinternational.com/2014/12/13/2014-national-sci-meet-des-moines/https://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/20141213_082442-e1418515893468.jpgCasper at the 2014 NationalA Highly Superior OC Seraph shown by David Coster (Iowa). https://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/20141213_124756.jpg20141213_124756David Orth (Kansas) and Mary Ann McNeill (Iowa) with their show-winning Seraphim and Anya Ellis. Grand Champion (middle; Mc Neill), Reserve Champion (right; Orth)2025-12-20T12:39:34+00:00monthlyhttps://seraphimclubinternational.com/2013/03/19/432/https://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/scan1seraphimver3.jpgscan1Seraphimver3https://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_0114-e1363746765909.jpgI hand-fed this baby of GiantHead and Dainty. I think I'll name him Toughy.https://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_0128-e1363734987313.jpgFirst baby out of NoBand and Snow. 2012. One month old.https://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img020.jpgimg0202025-12-17T13:25:18+00:00monthlyhttps://seraphimclubinternational.com/2012/01/26/the-magic-of-basic-seraphim-genetics/https://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/424965873_7289450021122622_7932124183185295637_n.jpg424965873_7289450021122622_7932124183185295637_nhttps://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/download.jpgdownloadhttps://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/r.jpgRhttps://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/336922426_6355627627823315_2870138338375596703_n.jpg336922426_6355627627823315_2870138338375596703_nhttps://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/427741553_122130432512114406_1290972444844848035_n.jpg427741553_122130432512114406_1290972444844848035_nhttps://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/oip.jpgOIPhttps://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/20181021_0750011.jpg20181021_075001https://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/20181021_075001.jpg20181021_075001The Tschinnie color Uzbek Tumbler may be the ancestral source of the recessive red and all of the whitening genes that exist in Seraphim today. For various reasons I suspect the Red Neck variety to be the most likely ancestral source of modern day Seraphim color genes.https://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/img_0435-e1327436626536.jpgimg_0435https://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/img_1667.jpgIMG_16672025-12-14T14:58:36+00:00monthlyhttps://seraphimclubinternational.com/2012/02/04/photographs-of-seraphim-pigeons/https://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/img_0852-e1359581653389.jpgSeaHorse 2013The most beautiful Seraph...https://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/img_0660.jpgimg_0660A late Fall afternoon...https://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/img_0463-e1349499939961.jpgIMG_0463Posing for the camera...https://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/img_0466-e1342377440735.jpgIMG_0466A young Seraph enjoying a blue fountain. https://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/img_0295-e1333497857887.jpgFeatherEyehttps://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/img_2047.jpgIMG_2047Just another day hanging out in the loft, doing our thing. :-)https://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/img_0540-e1328405812337.jpgIMG_0540This young hen is nearly done with the transformation to pure white. See the recessive red in the tail and a few of the secondary wing feathers? That will soon be gone and replaced with white. https://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/img_0154.jpgIMG_0154Well, THAT's certainly better! Too fat to walk and too young to fly at 3 weeks. But definitely cuter. Note how diffuse and pale the recessive red color is in this youngster's wing-shield. https://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/img_1000.jpgIMG_1000Hideous little critter, isn't it. About ten days old and in pin-feathers. If anyone doubts that birds are dinosaurs....https://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/img_1791-e1328405305631.jpgA young male Seraph with his first nest.In eighteen days there will be two little squeakers in this nest. 2025-01-31T17:08:23+00:00monthlyhttps://seraphimclubinternational.com/2012/01/07/breeding-seraphim-pigeons/https://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/scan1seraphimver3.jpgscan1Seraphimver3https://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/img_1365-e1353687901221.jpgA Fine SeraphA Seraph cock out of the loft of Anya Ellis. This bird demonstrates the fine qualities of Seraphim created in a carefully planned breeding program. Outstanding features of this bird include the rounded skull, downturned beak, needle-point peak, very deep unbroken mane, wonderfully full chest frill, prominent wingbutts held out from the chest, long beautiful line, finely feathered legs and toes, and overall angelic aura. To meet the 2015 Standard of Perfection expectations, this bird would need a little more top-skull and a deeper, more obvious swoop up to the needle-point peak at the back of the head. This is overall a very fine Seraph!https://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/p1000797-e1335563682563.jpgp1000797A fine pair of show quality Seraphim. The cock on the left demonstrates the beautiful round arc desired in the skull, downturned beak, deep mane, prominent fill, perfect swoop and peak, length and overall form. The hen likewise; her anxiety is causing her to crouch and tighten her head feathers. In "show stance" (refer to the Show Standard drawing) this pair would be seen as perfect. https://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/img_0650-e1326054815660.jpgIMG_0650The same little twerp @ 3 weeks, nearly ready to leave the nest.https://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/img_0997.jpgIMG_0997A very sleepy 3 day old Seraph chick.https://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/img_1791-e1326053608289.jpgA young male Seraph with his first nest.A winning dance, apparently. The Seraph cock with daytime nest duties.https://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/img_16131-e1326053411222.jpgIMG_1613A Seraph cock dancing in full courtship display.https://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/img_1613-e1326053068326.jpgIMG_1613A Seraph cock dancing in full courtship display.https://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/img_0672.jpgIMG_0672https://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/img_1990-31.jpgimg_1990-3The Show Standard for a Seraph. Substantial changes in not just color, but form.2025-09-13T23:53:10+00:00monthlyhttps://seraphimclubinternational.com/2012/04/11/the-real-story-of-the-seraphim-pigeon/https://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/get-attachment-e1335666779190.jpgB1This is B1, the first Seraph in existence. All Seraphim trace their ancestry back to him and his brother, W1.https://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/b1_1.jpgB1_1B1---the first Seraph in existence. It is this Seraph cock from Anya Ellis' loft---and his brother W1--- to which all modern Seraphim trace their lineage. 2024-12-11T12:56:27+00:00monthlyhttps://seraphimclubinternational.com/2013/01/02/evaluating-your-own-birds-for-show-qualities/https://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_0490-e1359413971532.jpgToughy, 2012. A high show quality young cock.Toughy has great show qualities based on the 2009 Show Standard. He has not quite completed his first molt so still has a couple of red feathers. Excellent stance. Excellent skull. Toe and frill feathering could be improved, as could the size of the gullet. Due to changes in the Show Standard in 2017, he would not be considered a show winner. If paired with the right hen, however, he could be great for breeding toward the modern Show Standard. https://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_1365-e1357175850556.jpgIf I searchd and searchd for a fault in this Seraph I doubt I could find one.https://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/bird059_1-e1357175640772.jpgbird059_1https://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/p1000797-e1357077950331.jpgThis is a perfect pair of Seraphim.https://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/get-attachment-e1357071336662.jpg2012 Final Seraphim Show StandardThe new 2013 Seraphim Standard of Perfection by Anya Ellis2024-11-09T16:04:22+00:00monthlyhttps://seraphimclubinternational.com/2012/11/24/sorting-your-seraphim/https://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_0693.jpgcc3463 2012 cock out of SeaHorse and SnowThe best time to photograph young birds is during the annual sorting. Photographs allow buyers of your Seraphim to have a clear vision of the quality of your birds.https://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_0678.jpgcc3458 2012 cock out of James and DaintyA young cock of outstanding form moved to the head of the line in the sorting process. This superior bird should be kept by the breeder to add depth to the breeding team. 2024-03-10T15:12:44+00:00monthlyhttps://seraphimclubinternational.com/2012/12/16/the-seraphim-club-international-at-the-iowa-state-pigeon-association-2012-pigeon-show/https://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/img_0748.jpgAn English Tumbler.A wild looking Short Face English Tumbler. https://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/img_0759-e1355706818717.jpgIMG_0759A particularly beautiful young Seraph cock. https://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/img_0746.jpgIMG_0746Nothing surpasses the iridescence of the Archangel. https://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/img_0750.jpgA beautiful American Show HomerA Show Homer at the ISPA show.https://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/img_0762-e1367747149237.jpgIMG_0762A Seraph in show stance at the Des Moines Show. There were over twenty Seraphim at the show this year.https://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/img_0765.jpgThe Seraphim section at the ISPA show, December 8th, 2012.2023-11-25T16:27:34+00:00monthlyhttps://seraphimclubinternational.com/2014/02/09/the-seraphim-club-international-at-des-moines/https://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/044.jpgAnya Ellis with her creation. From the right, Best YH, Best OH (Champion), Best YC (Reserve Champion). Best OC 5th from right; all others were finalists for Best OC2023-11-17T18:47:05+00:00monthlyhttps://seraphimclubinternational.com/2017/11/01/the-2017-seraphim-standard-of-perfection/https://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/scan1seraphimver31-e1509645839896.jpgscan1Seraphimver3https://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/scan1seraphimver3.jpgscan1Seraphimver3https://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/20171101_131453_001-e1509560805452.jpg20171101_131453_0012023-11-17T17:01:06+00:00monthlyhttps://seraphimclubinternational.com/2016/12/11/the-sci-at-des-moines-2016/https://seraphimclubinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/20161210_121538.jpg20161210_1215382023-11-17T16:58:31+00:00monthlyhttps://seraphimclubinternational.com/2011/12/25/hello-world/2022-11-14T15:01:15+00:00monthlyhttps://seraphimclubinternational.com/the-seraphim-encyclopedia/2022-11-12T18:12:58+00:00weekly0.6https://seraphimclubinternational.comdaily1.02026-04-02T13:02:04+00:00