A Croatian legend talks of the siege of Đurđevac, in which Turkish forces attempted to capture the city. As the story goes, the Turks were also hungry and of low morale, but they could hunt and gather food while continuing the siege. In the city, however, prospects were grim, and all the food had been eaten except a single rooster. It is said that the Croats fired the rooster at the Turks, giving the impression that there was so much food within the city it could be wasted as artillery. The Turks, fooled by the display and exasperated by the prospect of holding the siege much longer, retreated. Regardless of whether the events actually took place, the residents of the town have come to be known as 'Picoks' (the Croatian word for rooster).
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