Stray kittens have a yellow crust on face and eyes

Yes, I do know what that is. Kittens very often get eye infections and ear infections that are passed on from the mother during birth. Please take at least one of them to the Vet and request medication for all of them. It's pretty cheap - it's antibiotic in a dropper bottle. Usually it's cherry or bubblegum flavored. This antibiotic must be administered by mouth at least a few times per day. How do I know? Someone brought a nearly newborn kitten to me after she found it in a dumpster. I had to do all its feedings, administration of antibiotic, and cleaning of the kittens' urinary and fecal tracts. When they are that old, they will not go to the bathroom unless wiped on their bottoms with a warm damp cloth. It's quite disgusting to read, but rarely made any real mess. You've got to feed them kitten milk, and keep them warm. I used a heating pad covered in an old terry cloth robe. The best part about my kitten was that he got so sick of the bubblegum flavored antibiotic drops that he learned to snort them out his nose in gigantic pink bubbles. Cats will do anything not to be medicated! In the end, though, I had a healthy, very smart, extremely well socialized cat who liked to sleep in bed next to me like a human. I'm serious. He'd lay in bed, wait for me to cover him with the sheets, and put his head on the pillow right next to me. Everyone that I know wanted to keep him. So if you make the effort, you will have some very desirable kittens!

It may not be anything serious at all except they need cleaning but it may be a symptom of something as simple as allergies or very serious like an illness. You need to take them to the vet asap!! If you don't want to take that kind of responsibility try calling Animal Control or a local rescue group. Make sure you disinfect EVERYTHING they've touched including your own hands especially if you have pets! A lot of people suggest a 1 part bleach to 10 parts water solution. Some of these diseases can be DEADLY and HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS, even airborne in some cases!

You have gotten some very good advice. I was going to say that it sounds like an eye infection. I know it would be hard to interfere with mom taking care of them, but see if you can't get all of them into the garage anyway & shut her in so you can treat (and socialize) the kittens. Maybe you can catch & fix the mom too after they are weaned.