checkbox handler not working

checkbox handler not working

I have a very simple setup but for some reason, the event handler for a checkbox is not firing.

first my php outputs a bunch of check box options based on admin input in the back-end. The result outputs checkboxes like so:

  2. <div class="span2">
  3.       <input type="checkbox" name="Veg" value="BLACK OLIVES">BLACK OLIVE
  4. </div>
My javascript file is also super simple and I can see it in the inspector being loaded. 
  2. $(":checkbox").change(function () {
  3. alert( "Handler for .change() called." );
  4. });
Not exactly sure why this would not work. I've tried, input:checkbox, form.on("change", ':checkbox", function(){... }); all kinds of things and I'm at a bit off a loss. 

This is using JQuery 1.10.2 testing on Chrome Version 34.0.1847.137 m