A movable self-contained machine for scaring animals, especially all types of poultry and birds (1), powered by batteries (19) fed by solar panels and/or electrically connected to the mains. The machine is based on a mechanism actuated by an electric motor having a blank cartridge drum (12), a programmer and mechanical elements such that every certain time a trigger (13) is actuated, causing a detonation whose noise drives away animals and birds without injuring and harming them. A control board (11) with a microprocessor, responsible for performing a logical operating sequence of the machine (1), which is housed behind the programming support means (17), having programming buttons (18) that start the detonation sequence, selecting the day, hour and minutes.