Robopope

I wish windmills were more effective, I was looking forward to creating an intricate setup of all the automated machines with transmissions so I can cycle which one I wanted to use only to find out if I add a large gear into it to be able to split things up for each machine that it couldn't even power a quern anymore. Was a huge let down, and when I went to look how other people did it they have these really stupid looking systems with windmills on every side of their tower that clip through each other and I don't want to make something ugly and unrealistic like that. So despite having all these tools to make a fancy automated set up I can't actually use any of them because even a windmill with 5 sails added is too weak.

They eventually stand still if you hold right click on them for long enough with the bucket, then when it says they're stressed just let go of right click for a moment until it says they can be milked again and then try again. I've been able to milk the wild goat I caught reliably like this, though I do have them in a small 5x5 pen where I can be standing in the center and always be in range of them. If you have a really large pen I can see why you'd have issues since it'd be tough to stay in range of them for long enough to get them to stand still, but you definitely don't need to trap them in a 1x1 cage.