CKEditor 4.2 Editing and controls disabled in Chrome

I am using CKEditor 4.2 and Chrome 29.

I have multiple textareas on a page with unique names/ids and contenteditable = true

Invoking any form of CKEDITOR.replace() within a jquery document.ready() block creates the editor, but the text areas are readonly and all the editor buttons are disabled.

Works fine in IE and Firefox.

Curiously, if I don't use the document.ready() and invoke CKEDITOR.replace() manually from the Chrome developer console once the page is loaded, it works as expected.

Please help!