Sorry to maybe sound pedantic but manure is a mixture of animal poo and the litter they have bedded on. Putting all that in a heap results in the litter being helped to rot by nutrients in the poo and as they meld together a well rotted manure is created. Fresh manure is poo and fresh litter: the problem with too much fresh litter is that it needs nutrients to help it break down, and will use some of your soil’s nutrients for this. The nutrients are not lost, just borrowed and out of use for a while. Using fresh poo without any litter, such as you describe above, is probably ok: I would put it at the bottom of a bed rather than on the surface, or small amounts can be added to compost heaps.
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